For the record, brilliant. And yes, there is meaning in the universe. Primer on the deeply flawed philosophy of materialism here.
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And it seems, very little respect for the beliefs and traditions of other people. These would be traits one would expect to be present in greater quality and quanity in a professional religion writer. Washington Post/Newsweek writer Sally Quinn on taking communion at Tim Russert's funeral: "Last Wednesday at Tim's funeral mass at [Holy]Trinity Church [...]
The skin between the matter of the world and the mystery that lies behind it was thin today. So thin that the forests, the ferny, mist-shrouded vales, the high fields that presented mighty views across green Central Massachusetts valleys, all pulsed with it, hummed with life, whispered spirit. It was Father’s Day, and after breakfast [...]
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I did not enjoy my run yesterday. It was my long run of the week, and it was intensely humid, even early in the morning. I felt tired before I got off the front porch. Every mile was hard work; some might have even qualified as grueling. Along the way, aches and pains that have [...]
I terrifically enjoyed the book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan – and agreed with many of the author's arguments, including: people (myself included) should generally eat better quality food and less of it, people should eat real food, not processed food product, and that people should eat more leaves. Right [...]
Chris Cillizza at WashingtonPost.com's political blog writes: "After a HUGE response to a post earlier this month on the best state politics reporters around the country, we decided to provide a final list of all the people nominated by The Fix community." On the list for New Hampshire? "Union Leader columnist John DiStaso, Nashua Telegraph [...]
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Back in February of 2006 we suspended further posting on Detente, the blog Rick and I were sharing that explored various issues through the sometimes sympathetic, sometimes contradictory lenses of Catholic (me) and Evangelical (Rick) perspective. The problems were time, energy, and a paucity of things we really felt motivated strongly enough to argue. While [...]
How little we remember of things. I look at the kids, the baby at eight months sleeping in Kris’ arms as she sits next to me on the couch, Sofia at three, David at five, and think, what tiny scraps they will have of these moments, and I pity (is this the right word?) them – [...]
Via Ironic Catholic… This is an interesting video … can provoke a number of trains of thoughts. A few of mine follow (you may want to watch the video before reading my comments)… As I watched this, I got the grateful feeling I think it was supposed to evoke for Christians – "that's Jesus, totally [...]
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Advent begins today – and this weekend signaled the end of Ordinary Time in the liturgical seasons. At Mass this morning, the vestments had changed, the first candle of the Advent wreath was lighted, and at home the decorations are being set up. Today I crank up the Christmas music – with some of the [...]
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