AMC KS-7634 6052N8 (1976) A collection of classic Catholic folk pieces, most of which were written (and performed) by the Dominican James Marichonda, who is a well-known composer and performer of liturgical music. The album itself is a little uneven; there are some songs which are very good and some which are more ordinary. Nevertheless …
Merry Christmas from Positive Infinity
No, the original manger didn't have a fire alarm; this nativity scene was in the lobby of what was then the Church Ministries building of the International Offices of the Church of God, where I worked at the time. You can read our ministry's Christmas message at the time here; it's still very relevant.
My Interview in Pile Buck
Readers of this blog may remember that I did an interview with the legendary Abu Daoud almost two years ago. As is the case with my academic career (I'm both student and faculty at the same time) not only can I dish it out, but I can take it too: the current issue of Pile …
Bending the Heavens and Descending to Earth: St. John of Damascus on the Incarnation
From The Orthodox Faith, III, 1: For by the good pleasure of our God and Father, the Only-begotten Son and Word of God and God, Who is in the bosom of the God and Father John 1:18, of like essence with the Father and the Holy Spirit, Who was before the ages, Who is without …
Is Bridge Building Really a Ministry?
About a year ago I did a piece on the French scientist and engineer Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, whose combination of scientific prowess and Christian conviction made for an interesting career in Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary France. When he died in 1886, Karl Pearson, as well-known an enemy of Christianity as, say, Richard Dawkins …
The One Percent Prepares for the Worst: Palm Beach Police's Humvee
The Town of Palm Beach has acquired a military-surplus Humvee: It’s a quiet Saturday afternoon outside the Palm Beach Police Department. Quiet, that is, until Sgt. Scott Duquette starts up one of the department’s newest acquisitions — a 2001 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, commonly known as a Humvee. Anyone who has any doubts about …
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The Twilight of the Box Checkers
Timothy Fountain, with some help from Rod Dreher, lays it out: There are going to be Christians and non-Christians in America. Nominal Christianity has no future now that various cultural props are gone. Christians will have to be disciples of Jesus, not members of clubs based on old ethnic, neighborhood and family functions. Which means …
Song of the Lamb: Through the Narrow Gate
Label Unknown 1979 Catholic albums of the 1970's came from a number of different sources: parish groups, seminary groups, the "Nun-Plus" albums, college based groups, and of course the covenant communities. This one comes from the last, but it's a departure from just about anything I've heard from a covenant community group. On the album …
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Ted Haggard Should Know: Ministry Failure is a Hard Teacher
He speaks out on the tragic suicides that have struck prominent Evangelical pastors' sons: "Some researchers are reporting that the suicide rate among Evangelicals is the same as that of the non-Christian community. How sad," Haggard, who made national headlines for a sex scandal involving a male prostitute in 2006, writes on his blog, days …
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Tales from @TheUbik: The Lord of the Flies is the Lord of the Touchscreen
Let me begin this post by stating the following: I hate touchscreen based interface systems on PC's and laptops. For tablets and smartphones (iPads and iPhones for you Mac Cult types) and simple interface (POS) applications, they're great, use them all the time. But systems like Windows 8 and Canonical's Unity interface drive me batty. …
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