by Jan Bear | Apr 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
I used the word “arguably” in a spoken sentence yesterday, and my boss looked at me quizzically and said, “Did you just say ‘arguably’?”Well, yes.But this isn’t really about my odd speech patterens; rather it’s about...
by Jan Bear | Apr 12, 2005 | Uncategorized
Fr. John Whiteford also thinks applause at Pope John Paul’s funeral is weird. Fr. John writes: It seems to me that applause during a worship service is the final step in the process of making the services a show. This is not unconnected with the innovation of...
by Jan Bear | Apr 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
I arrived in speed building in my court reporting class last week. I had gotten to the end of Phoenix theory, theoretically having learned all I needed to record anything in the English language — all, of course, except speed.So I went into the first...
by Jan Bear | Apr 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
To Archbishop Iakovos of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America, forced out of office in 1996 by the Patriarch of Constantinople for calling a meeting of Orthodox bishops at Ligonier, aiming for Orthodox unity in the United States.The multiple Orthodox...
by Jan Bear | Apr 7, 2005 | Uncategorized
A Catholic priest from a “traditionalist” parish was keeping vigil in St. Peter’s Square with thousands of others when the announcement came that the pope was dead.To pick up the story:Within moments, a cardinal announced to the crowd that the pope...