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Anthony Dominick Benedetto is 84 this year, and still going strong. The son of Italian immigrants,  he was raised in New York city, and began his singing career at a very early age.  As a child he grew up listening to classic singers like Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Eddie Cantor, but he will always be…

My friends have bugged me for a long time— ‘you need to get on Facebook’.  In response to repeated questions as to why, the usual response was “so you can connect with everyone”, and when I asked why my website or blog was insufficient, the answer was that I could see what others were saying…

Jason Byasse is, like myself, a John Wesley Fellow, part of the ever growing network of orthodox Methodists who are concerned with church renewal, church growth, missions, and in general the revitalization of the church.  Here is an interesting story he posted on his blog—– Jason Byassee: The muse of church revival in Sudan I…

One of the battle cries of the Reformation, responding to, among other things, all sorts of Catholic traditions which are not seen as Scriptural in character, was ‘sola Scriptura’— Scripture alone.  It was often coupled with sola gratia and sola fide— only by grace, and only by faith.  The latter two are separate issues from…

Robert Duvall is probably the best male American actor ofhis generation. He has a long list of great movies and TV specials, so it ishard to pick just ten from his massive oeuvre, but here we go.   1)      TheApostle— an amazing performance and portrayal of a morally flawed Pentecostalpreacher. 2)      LonesomeDove— The best TV…

It is the oldest proper city in the Northeast. It is also the most European of cities in America.  It still has its very old school ethnic neighborhoods, not least of which is Charlestown with its Irish Catholic population.  My wife grew up not far from this city and lived on Beacon Hill during her…

Nemesis, from which we get the transliterated English word, was the Greek god of vengeance, especially exercised about taking action when human beings had been arrogant or hubristic or rude towards the gods.  In fact the name comes from the Greek verb nemein which means to give what is due someone— in other words, Nemesis…
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