http://chris.tessone.net Musings of an independent catholic priest Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:36:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, the new blog is ready for business. Here's the link: The Gifts of God The design could use some work, but I made a quick banner with an image of St Monica on it to start. Please read the welcome post for more. I'll keep the site up for about a month ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/22/moved-to-new-blog/ This edition of Friday cat blogging will sadly be the last. But first the cat pictures, then the blog news. First, one of Mahler resting on the bed. His mother, Nermal, has the same beautiful green eyes: Next, a video of Tomato sitting at the computer with me. He likes ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/18/friday-cat-blogging-ultimate-edition/ Amy Welborn shares information about a number of famously mis-attributed quotes, including a couple falsely attributed to St. Augustine. As an Augustinian oblate, I found those particularly interesting. First, it turns out that the quote "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials [or doubtful matters], liberty; in all things, charity," is in ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/14/quotes-from-pseudo-augustine/ As Lee notes here, the conversation about Stanley Hauerwas touched off by Ben's repost of an inflammatory Hauerwas quote on the 4th continues. It has got me back to reading apologies of Hauerwas' work, which leaves me a bit frustrated -- there is only so much I can take of ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/11/thoughtful-public-theology/ Paul Goings sent me this blog post, written by science blogger PZ Myers. It basically amounts to an incitement to sacrilege, asking his readers to steal consecrated hosts and send them to him to be mistreated. This is in response to death threats received by a Florida student who stole ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/09/hurting-the-body-politic-in-the-name-of-reason/ The Church of England has voted to proceed toward the ordination of women bishops, though there is some kind of plan for a "national code" to allow for those who dissent from WO. Not quite clear to me what that means. As Jane notes, this is a theological matter -- a ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/07/women-bishops-in-the-c-of-e/ If the previous post on Hauerwas wasn't enough for you for controversial politics-and-religion talk, check out this post by Christopher. As someone who has complained a fair bit about the growing "Christian left" or "religious left" political movement, I appreciated it: What is most troubling to me is the sense that ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/05/a-bit-on-politics/ I must say, I loved Jim West's bombastic response to this Stanley Hauerwas quote: I assume most of you are here because you think you are Christians, but it is not all clear to me that the Christianity that has made you Christians is Christianity. For example: How many of you ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/04/the-church-and-the-fourth/ Responding to this quote from John from this post: What the Anglican row is all about. Not bad coverage. Just like the SSPX and the rest of Western Catholic traditionalism are not about Latin this is not about gays and women; the Controversial Issues™ about them are symptoms. The key is ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/07/01/it-is-just-about-sex/ The past several years, Apple has been building a project called iTunes U in collaboration with a number of prominent universities. iTunes U includes podcasts, videos, and other materials these schools choose to share with the general public -- they're not exactly a substitute for classroom time, but they're a ... http://chris.tessone.net/2008/06/25/theology-on-itunes-u/