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Richard J. Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, has been thinking about saints: Several years ago I engaged in a public dialogue with a Roman Catholic theologian about prayers to the saints. I went into the discussion with my mind made up on the subject. We Protestants—especially we evangelicals—do not pray to anyone but God.…

…to be added to as the day goes on. Bishop Burbidge hits the ground running: At a meeting of the priest’s council recently, Roman Catholic Bishop Michael F. Burbidge informed its members he intended to be active in public affairs. To the 25 gathered priests gathered, it was no big revelation. Since assuming office in…

…not received, but that look interesting. One more affordable than the other. First, Nuns: A History of Convent Life by Silvia Evangelisti. The book covers a limited, but very important stage in religious life: from the late 15th through the beginning of the 18th century, a period of great transition for religious women, not only…

…Sopranos blogging ahead. As in the extended post, so if you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read it. Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best…

Professor Robert Koons, philosophy professor at the University of Texas, a life-long Missouri Syond Lutheran, announces on the Right Reason blog (the same blog where Francis Beckwith has been telling his story) about his imminent reception into the Catholic Church. His story is very interesting and highlights something I have been wondering about for a…

Actually, I have quite a few, all of which will have to wait until June for brief reviews, but this one came today and is rather striking – from Arcadius Press – a comic book/graphic short story publication called Stories of the Saints. It’s very well done – if you go to the website you…

A pretty fair piece on Tiber and Bosporus-crossing from a ministry magazine for charismatic churches. (Although it does end with the testimony of a former Catholic who runs a ministry "for Catholics.") h/t reader Chip

A beaver? Muskrat? (Click for larger view) Little ***** ate half the leaves off my cucumber plants before I caught him… (FYI, we don’t live close to water, either – the river is about a mile away, I’d say) Ah, of course…two out of three commentors say groundhog. I feel sort of stupid. Of course.…

My sons usually call me when they are on their way somewhere – to the gym, to home from church, from work to home. This morning, Second Son called as he was walking from his apartment to work – work on the Virginia Tech campus. We chatted about this and that – how his novel…

Fr. Jim Tucker on the wedding industry and related matters: I contrast that to the weddings that we celebrated last Saturday night in the Spanish Vigil Mass. Twice a year, we encourage couples who are in merely civil unions or long-term cohabitation to take advantage of a program I started up a few years ago.…
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