And this is precisely what Christianity is about. This world is a great sculptor’s shop. We are the statues and there is a rumour going round the shop that some of us are some day going to come to life. —C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Isn’t this a lovely picture? And so very accurate—we are lifeless [...]
Charles Ignatius Meyers: Master of the heroic minute. This might ring true for a lot of kids, but when I wake my ten month old son, Charlie, up in the morning or even from a nap, he stretches, smiles, rolls over, and is ready to go! In his face I can see the joy and [...]
What’s the balance between faith and writing? Where’s the point where you have to stop and think: Am I focusing too much on fiction and losing grip on the Truth? Have I lost sight of what really matters? Am I dwelling on things that aren’t real, and wasting my God-given talent on something that’s only [...]
That’s a catchy, clever little phrase. “The speed of life.” David Bowie used it for a song. I think there was a movie. I don’t have a particularly strong grasp of reality at the moment, though. Writing coherently has slipped way, way down on my list of priorities–right after things like ‘wax the cat’ and [...]
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. I think one of the things that has surprised me most about life is who the real heroes are. The little old couple that has been together for 60 years, the faithful priests who end their lives largely forgotten. When we are young our walls are strewn with [...]
Mommy blogs and how popular they have become, is the topic of conversation these past few days. Julie wrote a wonderful piece last week about them and Jen Fulwiler over at NCRegister.com wrote another one just yesterday. I have noticed a common thread amongst some of the commentators though. These young women feel left out and [...]
So when is the last time you heard someone talk about the virtues? Honestly, we spend so much time defending our faith, and morals that often it seems like there is no time to actually grow in our faith and the daily exercising of our values. Yes you can certainly grow in the virtues through [...]
Q. How do you pronounce “ignitum”? A. Well, you have some options. The Romans would have said ig-NEE-toom. In church, we’d say “in-YEE-toom.”
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