1. Praestet fides supplementum/Sensuum defectui. You know, there are many things in the study of the natural world, or sometimes in mathematics, which go against intuition. Our experience takes shape in a world of friction, gravity, and air...
CREDO: Professing the Creed for the Year of Faith FOR OUR SAKE by Leah Libresco “For Our Sake” The our in the Creed is a terrible temptation to me. When people talk about the sacrificial love of Christ, I have a tendency to start doing...
Dom didn’t get to go to Rome with his colleagues for the conclave. But they brought back some rosaries blessed by the new Pope. So I got one. Isn’t that cool? Now if only Anthony didn’t keep running off with it… it’s...
1. Teachers: Will We Ever Learn?, an article in the NY Times. I agree with the author that the industrial-factory model is the basic problem in education. I’m not really convinced that the proposed professional model they offer in it’s...
Please join me in prayer for all those injured at the Boston Marathon today and for the emergency workers who protect and care for us all. May our Risen Lord have mercy on us today. As reports of death and injuries are reported, please turn to the...
Photo credit: George Martell/TheGoodCatholicLife.com * It is the condescension of the Incarnation, God’s stooping low to join us as one of us, that “blows open” the mind, introducing the human spirit for the first time to an...
Saving Erasmus: Crossing the Threshold of Trust Saving Erasmus: The Tale of a Reluctant Prophet by Steven Cleaver is a quirky little novel that I read for book club. I just joined the group and they are working through a list that was made up long...
Only two books completed in March. I’m still plodding away at the books that were not completed at the end of February. I might have started something new, but if so I can’t recall. 1. Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones This is a great...
Anthony hit the jackpot this week with fun read alouds at the library. I generally let him pull two books off the shelf to check out. Sometimes they go back in the bag and stay there after a first reading. But these are so fun to read I grabbed them...
CREDO: Professing the Creed for the Year of Faith AND BECAME MAN by Karen Edmisten Nearly everything I love about Christianity is summed up in those words: He became a man. For us. Before my conversion, I sometimes mused about God. If he did...
