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Everyone in this house, it seems, makes fun of me because that is the phrase I’ve hit upon to try to lull the baby back to sleep. It’s uncomplicated, and much of the time it works. But they all think it’s funny to hear me at 1 am saying, "Lie down…lie down…. Ha. Ha. (I…

The National Association of Pastoral Musicians would like to know what you think. Really. They have a survey up, in which you can tell them the name of a liturgical "song"  that’s made a difference in your life. With the reasons. Go for it. (Note: Bloggers post links to surveys for a couple of reasons.…

Didn’t help invite folks Catholics are still welcome to attend, but the lack of official involvement amazed Graham biographer Bill Martin, who characterized the archdiocese’s reasoning as a "change in policy" from Mr. Graham’s 1991 Central Park crusade. Back then, he said, 630 Catholic churches cooperated with the crusade and information on the meetings was…

A not-meeting of minds in South Carolina When the Rev. John Parker was asked to say the benediction at the graduation rite for the Medical School of South Carolina, he did what any Eastern Orthodox priest would do. He went straight to "The Great Book of Needs," a four-volume set of prayers collected over two…

From the WSJ: "I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger." I had asked Ms. Fallaci whether there was any contemporary leader she admired, and Pope Benedict XVI was evidently a man in whom she reposed some trust. "I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same…

Fr. Stan Fortuna is in Poland this weekend, at a "Song of Songs" Festival. The folks at Francesco Productions say: Fr. Stan’s concert will be broadcast live through their website in streaming video.  Here is our understanding of the schedule: Fr Stan’s concert will divided into two parts. First at 7:45 PM (1:45 PM Eastern…

Interesting set of letters in reaction to Cuomo’s op-ed. I like this from the first letter: Mr. Cuomo, the former New York governor, repeatedly refers to "potential," but all in the context of the medical benefits of stem cells. But this potential is hypothetical, based on the faith of scientists regarding where their research will…

Evangelicals, that is "Evangelicals come here and I would like to ask: Why do you come here? For what reason?" said Patriarch Emmanuel Delly, head of the Eastern rite Chaldean Catholic Church, Iraq’s largest Christian community. In interviews, Delly and Sleiman were torn between their belief in religious freedom and the threat they see from…

1) He fires the general contractor on the building expansion project and hires himself as a replacement 2) He buys a Porsche Kentucky Baptist minister accused Church supports him. Of course!

Because I haven’t been following the Anglican troubles as closely as I should the past few months. But the Anglican Consultative Council, a leadership body, heard the Episcopalians and the Anglicans of Canada making their case, and voted to exclude them from that body until the next Lambeth meeting, in 2008. I think. Christopher Johnson…
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