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Beauty is Truth and Truth Beauty

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? The Jesus on the Beach picture prompted a lot of discussion, and I was surprised how many of my readers liked it. Those who did, expressed admiration for the sentiments expressed in the picture, and were clearly inspired by the famous ‘footprints in the sand’ poem. However, [...]

Jesus on the Beach

Let’s have an art discussion. Do you like this painting? If so why?  If not, why not? To you think it is ‘good’ art? If so why, if not why not? Do you think it is ‘Christian’ art? If so why, if not why not?

Protest and Positivity

Here’s my latest article for Integrated Catholic Life. How do you deal with negativity and the protester mentality? Stop, Look and Listen, then move forward.

Thus Says the Preacher…

We have an entertaining and whimsical atheist who visits the combox. John Cantor he calls himself and he styles himself as the prophet. Here is my response to some of his comments. When I quote the prophet I am quoting John Cantor’s comments. “The preacher” is me. I the preacher like the prophet John Cantor. [...]

St James the Apostle

For St James’ Day, here’s an interesting detailed bit of early church detective work: Justin Martyr was one of the early Christian writers called the Apostolic Fathers. He lived from 100-160 AD. A convert to the church, he wrote various works defending the Christian faith–which was then about 100 years old. One of the details [...]

The Vicar on a Roman Holiday

Guest blogger, The Rev’d Humphrey Blytherington is Vicar of St Hilda’s, Little Snoring with All Saints, Great Snoring. He is a graduate of Plymouth University. He completed his studies for the ministry at Latimer Hall, Durham. He is married to Daphne and enjoys home brewing, model railroading and is an avid member of the Great [...]

What Possessed James Holmes

Go here for my thoughts on the Aurora theater killings. UPDATE:  This has come in to my combox. It is a pretty interesting comment about James Holmes from someone who was playing a sinister role play game online with him. I don’t know if it is authentic, but I re-post it here because if may [...]

Old Monk on Prayer

Prayer brings understanding. Understanding brings forgiveness. Forgiveness brings Love. Love conquers All.

Michelangelo, Mother Teresa and Miracles

Last week in New Jersey some of the faithful flocked to see something strange and wonderful–the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in a tree trunk. The story is reported here. Then there was the face of Mother Teresa in a bun in Tennessee. You can see that here along with an image of Jesus [...]

Not the Spanish Inquisition!

There are few events in  history more misunderstood and misrepresented than the Spanish Inquisition. The numbers of people supposedly killed by “the Catholic Church” grows every year…50 million, 95 million. Never mind that the number killed is larger than the population of Europe at the time, just pull out a number–the bigger it is the [...]