A World of Speculation

On conspiracies and coffee shops

My friend and I were at Papaccino’s after church Sunday, talking about this and that, and I told her my search for the meaning of paranoid conspiracy literature. After listing some books and a lot of movies that fall into the genre, we talked ourselves into a...

Sadie’s big day

I took the puppy for her first big Oregon City walk today. Sadie’s been out for a hike before with her big buddy, Mocha, but this was her first time walking the loud and scary sidewalks of Oregon City. Mocha had an invitation to go to the beach today, and Sadie...

On placed and misplaced ‘hope’

Thomas at Endlessly Rocking continues the discussion of politics and liturgy: This made me think a bit, and this is what I’ve concluded (remember, this isn’t an argument with Jan – these are my own noodlings, for which no one else can or should claim...

From this, much comfort

Father Patrick Reardon’s rant about a liturgical expert at a priests’ conference has buttressed my hope for the Church (not that my hope for the Church was flagging at the moment, but it never hurts to buttress). In Touchstone Magazine – Mere...

Incarnation

Unvoiced the Godhead spoke the Word And unflesh hands made man. Time’s Creator, not bound by time, More distant than the sky, Who willed to be in place and time Confined, who healed and spoke With hands and voice of matter born, Was one of us, though God. Closer...