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Post mortem - Monday, May 18th 2009 3:38 PM
"With a single phrase he showed, to anyone there who was paying attention, that there is no compromise possible between his position and the ancient Christian teaching."Anthony...
The letter - Wednesday, May 13th 2009 2:44 PM
Now you too can own a copy of Henry VIII's letter to Pope Clement VII asking for a divorce.
Mother - Sunday, May 10th 2009 7:51 AM
This Mother's Day story is told by Dr. Mark Rutland, who has just concluded his season as president of Southeastern University and will be taking over leadership of Oral Roberts...
A public letter to Notre Dame - Monday, April 27th 2009 1:44 PM
As an example of sober but firm public Christian witness, I give you Mary Ann Glendon.There's some helpful context reported here.And now Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Wenski of...
The bride - Thursday, April 23rd 2009 1:12 PM
I have no problems. You have no problems.[Advance the pictures by clicking the larger oval at the lower right of the pages.]
Michael Hyatt - Monday, April 20th 2009 2:38 PM
Michael Hyatt is a deacon. He has other creds, too.  Thomas Nelson is the largest Christian publishing business in the world and Michael is their CEO.  He has posted a...
Alleluia! - Sunday, April 12th 2009 9:51 PM
The Tomb is empty, but not the Tabernacle.A line printed on the April issue of Pier Review, the monthly journal from the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Orlando.
Exploration into darkness - Friday, April 10th 2009 10:32 AM
Exploration into God is exploration into darkness, into the heart of darkness. Yes, to be sure, God is light. He is the light by which all light is light. In the words of the...
St. Gregory - Thursday, April 9th 2009 11:45 AM
A prayer of St. Gregory the Great:O Lord, you received affronts without number from your blasphemers, yet each day you free captive souls from the grip of the ancient enemy....
Rebecca Hagelin - Wednesday, April 8th 2009 1:30 PM
Lakeland native Rebecca Hagelin has a new book out.  
Ten Seconds - Sunday, April 5th 2009 6:35 AM
A few years back the BBC challenged listeners to sum up the Bible in ten seconds. The lights came on,we could see the rules,but being lost,we behaved as fools;He came to save...
Bishop Howe nominated - Friday, March 27th 2009 9:32 PM
Blogger Baby Blue (who used to have Bishop John Howe as her parish priest in Virginia) has posted the following news:The Bishop of Central Florida, John W. Howe, is among the...
For the children - Friday, March 27th 2009 12:10 PM
Now here's an idea for our bishop!   
Detroit Tigers - Friday, March 27th 2009 11:51 AM
Well, really, I thought Lakeland had taught the Tigers better than that...
Bible sci-fi - Friday, March 27th 2009 10:54 AM
I think it was Theodore Sturgeon who said all the great plots are already in the Bible. Now, writing in City Journal, Benjamin Plotinsky says, For reasons that have as much to...
Buddhist Episcopal Bishop - Wednesday, March 25th 2009 9:50 PM
The secular press takes note of the weird. When the Episcopal bishop of Western Washington voted not to consent to the election of the Buddhist Episcopal Bishop in Upper...
Imitation - Wednesday, March 25th 2009 2:04 PM
With Lent winding down, a hat tip to Fr. Neo who found this in the Thomas a'Kempis classic Imitation of Christ.Jesus has always had many who love His heavenly kingdom, but few...
Why Judas? - Tuesday, March 24th 2009 7:25 AM
Melanie and I have been reading a little book published in 1905 by John Henry Jowett, called, The Passion for Souls. He tells of this conversation:"Why did dJesus choose Judas?"...
Under the altar - Friday, March 20th 2009 3:23 PM
Following the homily in our services, the Book of Common Prayer directs that we all rise and confess our faith in the words of the Nicene Creed.Frederica Matthews Greene has...
Meditations for Lent - Thursday, March 12th 2009 1:23 PM
I found three links that I think make for excellent meditations as we reach the half way mark of Lent.One is a "top ten list" of things the writer had learned in the most recent...
Simon Chan - Wednesday, March 11th 2009 3:55 PM
Simon Chan is the Earnest Lay professor of systematic theology at the Assemblies of God Trinity Theological College in Singapore. His books SPIRITUAL THEOLOGY (IVP,...
Giuseppe Povia - Wednesday, March 11th 2009 10:58 AM
Show business always provides an emotional stage for political statement. Like the day the Italian singer performed his song about being an ex-homosexual.
Watchmen - Wednesday, March 11th 2009 9:52 AM
I've read enough that I'll think I'll pass on the movie "Watchmen." But some of the reviews have been very interesting. Here's one blogger's take. No idea if the writer is a...
Good Book - Thursday, March 5th 2009 11:13 AM
Slate editor David Plotz, a Jewish agnostic, spent a year reading the Old Testament for the first time. Now he has gathered his thoughts in a new book. David has his mind made...
History of Lent - Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 2:52 PM
Professor William Tighe reviews the history of fasting for Lent, and notes something interesting about the date for Easter in 2010.