I’ve spent many years wandering in the wilderness of liberal Protestantism and bureaucratic Catholicism. In both, I’ve seen that programs and policies and intellectual rationalizations too often obscure plain Biblical teaching and Christian faith. God didn’t part the Red Sea, so many folks say, he just helped a handful of fugitives muddle through a marsh.…
Roger Ebert, recovering from cancer surgeries, won’t let his appearance keep him from his film festival. He doesn’t care what he looks like, and he doesn’t care what the gossip rags say. Via Amy.
Bishop Edward Braxton has told a 20-year-old woman she could not be confirmed. She must go to 10 hours of classes and complete some more requirements. He informed her of this immediately before the confirmation liturgy. Catholics point to Acts 8 as Scriptural proof for this sacrament. But did the apostles demand classes and preparation…
And so it ends, after nine years of heading a chancery department in a major archdiocese. I’ve said little about my job in five years of blogging, to keep this a personal page and to not give the impression that it was part of my ministry. I became Catholic in 1992, and after more than…
