Hindsight as Foresight – by Henry Smidstra

Last Summer Grace and I took a leisurely road trip through the western United States heading up through the New England coast to the Maritimes, returning through Quebec and Ontario. We enjoyed wonderful weather for sightseeing, taking as many secondary roads as...

The Virtual Papacy Of Benedict XVI by Tony Bartlett

The Virtual Papacy Of Benedict XVI I know I seem like a dog with a bone, but I really have to go back to this. It's still big news, and at the end of my last post I included a link which had some fascinating content and I didn't have the chance to...

Kicking the Can of Celibacy by Tony Bartlett

Kicking The Can Of Celibacy With the Richter-scale crack in Roman Catholicism caused by Benedict XVI’s dramatic resignation it seems an apt moment to take another look at priestly celibacy. If the retiring pope seeks to make way for a more energetic successor,...

Blessed Bewilderment – by Corrie Block

Blessed Bewilderment Thereforever I bewildered of the answer unfulfillered To the question never nearer near to me than to my dearer Answer there presented me the clever never foolery The key to meaning's door betrayed me never near to thee it bade me   Yet...