Recently Darwin Catholic had a very good post about the ethics of historical fiction prompted by the movie Amadeus and the problems with historical fiction that intentionally gives readers a false vision of real people or events. Of course, any...
I love Billy Collins. I just wanted to highlight some of my favorite moments from this rather long interview. The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with...
. . . Gabriel’s greeting to Mary takes up and brings into the present the prophecy of Zeph 3:14-17: “Rejoice, daughter of Zion; shout, Israel… the King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst.” There is no need here to enter...
CREDO: Professing the Creed for the Year of Faith AND ROSE AGAIN by Renee Weisner “It’s not about the going down; it’s about the getting back up.” During a Patristic Bible study at our church, a visiting Monk-Priest was explaining why...
I’m jumping in on the CatholicMom.com discussion of Forming Intentional Disciples. Here’s the prompt: What does it mean to form “intentional” disciples? In the introduction to Forming Intentional Disciples, Sherry Weddell writes...
Today Max Lindeman writes an interesting response to a Salon.com article by a self-proclaimed “a gay-friendly, feminist, pro-choice, bigmouthed practicing Catholic.” Although I don’t agree with him on every particular, his piece, The Witness...
I had one of those flashes of insight recently where you suddenly see things in a new way but it doesn’t necessarily help you to change the way you act. I realized that what drives me craziest about Bella is precisely the same thing that I...
According to Old Testament law, the service of priests is tied to membership in the tribe of the sons of Aaron and Levi. So John the Baptist is a priest. In him the priesthood of the Old Covenant moves toward Jesus; it becomes a pointer toward...
Saturday Farmer’s Market Although it was rainy and chilly, we set out for the farmer’s market anyway, hoping to stock up on yummy vegetables. The market did not disappoint. We got chard, baby bok choy, pea tendrils, asparagus, scallions...
As I watch tears stream down my face and Sophie looks curiously back and forth between me and the screen. Why is Mama crying? I can almost hear her asking. What is it about Matt’s videos that always makes me cry? I think because dance is a...
