Even the Devils Believe

This week has been a little crazy as I’ve tried to do some electronic spring cleaning, but I didn’t want to disappoint folks on the real reason you all read this blog. So here is a quick photo of Mahler with one of his favorite toys: a paper shopping bag.

Once one of [...]

Although I have significant disagreements with the Roman Catholic Church, I’m always happy to highlight stuff they do right — and they do a lot right. In particular, they get a rap for being antiquated and behind the times, conservative out of mere inertia. That is true on some issues, in some places, [...]

My friend LutherPunk has an important post up about his frustrations starting a Lutheran mission church — the comment thread is at least as important as the post itself, so definitely check it out.
A lot of what he’s saying plays into some of the reasons I’m in the Independent movement. The mainline seems to [...]

Lee has been posting a number of great things lately reacting to his reading of Michael Pollan’s bestsellers, The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food. I’m reading the former for a reading group I’m in.
Anyhow, definitely check out Lee’s posts — this whole topic is fascinating to me, especially the concerns about biodiversity [...]

So I’ve been using the contemporary Roman Office (Liturgy of the Hours/Divine Office in English) for several months now, though I still use the 1979 Book of Common Prayer for weeknight Vespers with my friend Mtr. R’s parish. I like many of the reforms of the ‘61 breviary that resulted in these new Roman [...]

Another nice find — JM Neale’s Commentary on the Psalms nearly complete on Google Books:
Volume I: Psalm I to Psalm XXXVIII.
Volume II: Psalm XXXIX to Psalm LXXX.
Volume IV: Psalm CXIX to Psalm CL.
If anyone finds the third volume, that would be excellent. Nice reprints are available from Lancelot Andrewes Press, but they’re a little pricey.

There was a short outage of about an hour earlier in the day as I did some last minute work on the server, but everything should be back now. So this post is a bit late, but hopefully it will speed you on your way from work or study to an enjoyable weekend.
First, [...]

If you’re reading this, you’re seeing the blog on my new webhost. You can leave comments and they’ll be reflected on the permanent site now.
Any comments made on the old site (since about 11:30pm on Thursday) will not be reflected on this site.
UPDATE: There were some slight problems in the move, but those should [...]

This is coming a bit late, but here is my yearly roundup of the best and worst of my reading for the previous year.
This past year I read fewer books than I have any year since I started keeping track of my reading in 2002. With a very busy travel schedule for work and [...]

I enjoyed John’s description of Dominique-Marie Varlet as ministering to those God put in front of him. I appreciate his suggestion that Varlet’s act of confirming those hundreds of children in Utrecht is a critical starting point for this charism of the movement.
That has got me digging up more on Varlet, and I came [...]