Reflection RL 310 (1974) If there's one genre that's mostly AWOL from the "Jesus Music" era, it's prog. To a great extent that's still the case; a major exception is this dance troupe, which sets their Christian dance to some very good prog music. We've featured prog on this site (especially this.) But at the …
An Anglican Divine Gets the Point
Growing up at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church was my first exposure for the rector to have an earned doctorate.    That exposure came from Hunsdon Cary, who "oversaw" the beginning of the Church Mouse resale shop and whose relatives got the property boot from Jon Bruno. This has generally not been the case with the churches I …
Painting Ourselves into a Corner at "The Shack"
If our political chaos isn't enough to upset everyone, now we have the film version of William Taylor's The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity. It's created a great deal of controversy over its implied universalism, it's decidedly LDS portrayal of God as three embodied beings, etc. Personally the heart of the matter centres around the …
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The First Duty of a Christian Preacher
A pithy summary from R. de la Broise, Bossuet and the Bible, 1890, pp. 160-1: "To preach the word of God, to go hear the word of God," these are the expressive words of the Christian language. They neatly outline one of the distinct characteristics of preaching, one of the points which make the genre …
Jack Miffleton: With Skins and Steel
World Library WLSM-36-SM (1968) Jack Miffleton started out at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. That shouldn't be strange to regulars on this blog: it was also the starting point of the trio who produced Songs for the Masses. It's a pedigree that has largely been forgotten. And that's sad; this is a good folk production …
Soils in Construction, Now at Waveland
It’s official: the construction management textbook Soils in Construction, Fifth Edition by W.L. Schroeder, S.E. Dickenson and D.C. Warrington is now at Waveland Press. As someone who has dealt with contractors for his entire working career, I know that an understanding of the essentials of soil mechanics and foundations is crucial for successful–and profitable–completion of […] …
Some Lessons for Pentecostals from the "Recent Anglican War"
Those of you who are regular followers know that I have followed/participated in what I call the "Anglican Revolt," a term which comes from a North American perspective. Brewing for years, in 2003 it was detonated in full force by the ordination of V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man who subsequently went into and …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: Last singularity of the creation of man in his immortality
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. We no longer count the admirable singularities of the creation of man, so great are the number. But the last is immortality. O God, what a marvel! All the animals …
Is It Necessary for a Roman Catholic to Agree With Everything the Church Teaches?
One thing that comes up for those of us who "swim the Tiber" is the idea that anyone who becomes a Roman Catholic must agree with "everything" that the Church teaches. This issue came up when Greg Griffith stunned the Anglican blogosphere with his conversion.  "Does he really agree with all that?" people asked. The …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: On the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and on the tree of life
One can understand that God had produced from the earth every tree beautiful to see and agreeable to taste; And in the midst of paradise he also set the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God could annex to plants certain natural virtues in relation to our bodies. …
Positive Infinity 