Dwight Longenecker's Blog, page 146

Monkey See Monkey Do

Terry Notary is the man behind the mask in the new film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.  He is a Hollywood “movement coach” and this fascinating article from London’s Daily Telegraph goes into detail of his work. Notary work in a “mocap” suit– mocap being short for “motion capture”. This is the technology [Read More...]

Hey Texans! Let’s Meet!

  I’ll be at the Fullness of Truth Conference in San Antonio in August. Dates are 22-24. Go here for more info:

From an Ancient Abbot to a Modern Papa

My book Listen My Son- St Benedict for Fathers is a book of daily readings for dads. Well, it’s good for moms too, and it’s especially useful as one of those books that Moms buy for Dads. In Benedictine monasteries and convents they read a chunk of the Rule of St Benedict every day. I [Read More...]

St Benedict Luminous Star

Daniel Stewart writes here very well about St Benedict–who’s feast day we celebrate today. Today, monasticism is usually seen as an archaic practice of insulation and irrelevance and is portrayed as quaint or even silly. Inside our fast-paced culture of connectivity and entertainment, it can be difficult to imagine the cloistered life as vibrant and significant. [Read More...]

Pope Francis “Doesn’t Want to Convert Evangelicals”?

After meeting with a group of Pentecostal Evangelicals Pope Francis reportedly wants to preach in a Protestant church in Rome. This article reports on the meeting held in Rome with Pope Francis and TV Evangelist Kenneth Copeland and other Evangelical leaders including theologian Brian Stiller and Anglican bishop Tony Palmer. The Pope wants to go [Read More...]

Archbishop Welby Prepared to Bulldoze Synod

This article from London’s Guardian reports that, should the Church of England General Synod again reject the ordination of women as bishops that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has plans to bulldoze the measure through–trampling on the whole synodical process in the Church of England. For those who don’t know how it works, the Church [Read More...]

Child Sex Abuse: Are We Protecting Our Kids?

Here is my latest article for Aleteia asking if the church is doing enough to protect children.  This week Pope Francis met privately with victims of priestly sex abuse from Ireland, Britain and Germany…. Expressing the feelings of most Catholics, Pope Francis said, “Before God and his people, I express my sorrow for the sins and [Read More...]

House Falls on Teen Witch

HuffPo–always ready to celebrate diversity–has this report on “Tova”– a modern witch who has suffered for her beliefs…  During her kids’ earlier years, the family faced social challenges because of Tova’s beliefs, she said. “As a mother, I’ve had many instances where, when my children were younger, [the situation was], ‘Oh, well, they can’t have [Read More...]

Me and Michael Voris: No More Mr Nice Guy

A very nice person, David Mills, comments here that nice people can be deadly. “Those who are described as ‘agreeable, conscientious personalities’ are,” according to a study in The Journal of Personality reported on news.mic, “more likely to follow orders and deliver electric shocks that they believe can harm innocent people, while ‘more contrarian, less agreeable personalities’ are [Read More...]

The New Misogyny – Double Dads

Jennifer Hartline rails rightly here against same sex surrogate parenthood. She comments on the phenomenon of gay men being “married” and then creating babies artificially through medical technology and an “unrelated gestational carrier.” aka “Mom”. Anyone truly devoted to the good of a child will not create by design a motherless or fatherless home for [Read More...]