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“In theology as in philosophy there are no slick answers, which is perhaps why theologians and philosophers talk so interminably.”
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· Jul 26
Hey all, just letting anyone know I’m taking a break from here. Thanks for the good conversations!
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'St Knud's Church by the River in Odense. Autumn' by Dankvart Dreyer, c.1842. 🇩🇰
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
'St Knud's Church by the River in Odense. Autumn' by Dankvart Dreyer, c.1842. 🇩🇰
Hey all, just letting anyone know I’m taking a break from here. Thanks for the good conversations!
July 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hey all, just letting anyone know I’m taking a break from here. Thanks for the good conversations!
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Looking south to St Aldhelm, Sherborne Abbey ce soir
July 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Looking south to St Aldhelm, Sherborne Abbey ce soir
**Decadence, of a Sort**
Reading too much Swinburne
Gives you a sensation not unlike win’burn.
Reading too much Swinburne
Gives you a sensation not unlike win’burn.
July 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
**Decadence, of a Sort**
Reading too much Swinburne
Gives you a sensation not unlike win’burn.
Reading too much Swinburne
Gives you a sensation not unlike win’burn.
It’s a pity that Hitchcock never made a film adaptation of any book by Helen McCloy. They shared so many themes (doppelgängers galore). And why hasn’t anyone made a film from McCloy’s excellent, spooky *Through a Glass, Darkly*?
July 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It’s a pity that Hitchcock never made a film adaptation of any book by Helen McCloy. They shared so many themes (doppelgängers galore). And why hasn’t anyone made a film from McCloy’s excellent, spooky *Through a Glass, Darkly*?
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Dear friends: I'm so happy to share the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life": a conversation with Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago, a church leader whom I first came to know at the Synod of the Bishops. He is a remarkable person...
Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon | The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
YouTube video by America - The Jesuit Review
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July 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Dear friends: I'm so happy to share the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life": a conversation with Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago, a church leader whom I first came to know at the Synod of the Bishops. He is a remarkable person...
Some years ago, my cousin—who is spookily perceptive about me—out of the blue asked me if I wanted to be a priest. I was going through my first religious phase at the time and said yes, I do, but I can’t because I also would like to get married.
July 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Some years ago, my cousin—who is spookily perceptive about me—out of the blue asked me if I wanted to be a priest. I was going through my first religious phase at the time and said yes, I do, but I can’t because I also would like to get married.
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"When Francis prayed in wild and solitary places, he filled the forests with sighs, watered the earth with tears, beat his breast with his hand, and making the most of an intimate and secluded place, he spoke aloud with the Lord." #Celano #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
July 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"When Francis prayed in wild and solitary places, he filled the forests with sighs, watered the earth with tears, beat his breast with his hand, and making the most of an intimate and secluded place, he spoke aloud with the Lord." #Celano #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
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July 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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“It is time to stop this slaughter.”
Pope to Cardinal Pizzaballa After Gaza Church Attack: ‘It Is Time to Stop This Slaughter’
The Holy Father placed the call to Cardinal Pizzaballa as the cardinal was traveling to the Gaza Strip with Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III.
www.ncregister.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“It is time to stop this slaughter.”
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"In an interview with Salt and Light, Colbert shared a powerful story about the important influence of female priests." sojo.net/articles/wat...
WATCH: Stephen Colbert, Lifelong Catholic, on Hearing a Female Priest Celebrate the Eucharist
Much like Pope Francis, the great love Stephen Colbert has for the Catholic Church does not preclude a thoughtful, creative examination of Catholic tradition.
sojo.net
July 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"In an interview with Salt and Light, Colbert shared a powerful story about the important influence of female priests." sojo.net/articles/wat...
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Delighted to share with you our fascinating interview with the amazing Anthea Butler, on the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life" podcast. Anthea speaks about her own history as a Catholic (and Evangelical)... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj9J...
Anthea Butler on intellectual Catholicism, evangelicalism and why the ‘prosperity gospel’ persists
YouTube video by America - The Jesuit Review
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July 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Delighted to share with you our fascinating interview with the amazing Anthea Butler, on the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life" podcast. Anthea speaks about her own history as a Catholic (and Evangelical)... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj9J...
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As we should be, as we should be.
"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us." - Iris Murdoch
July 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
As we should be, as we should be.
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Whenever we are lost in hate, we are in hell, no matter how Christian we think we are.
Penguins and Golden Calves
Penguins and Golden Calves
July 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Whenever we are lost in hate, we are in hell, no matter how Christian we think we are.
Penguins and Golden Calves
Penguins and Golden Calves
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The view at twilight from the bench looking onto the churchyard of The Middle Church, in the heart of Jeremy Taylor country.
July 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The view at twilight from the bench looking onto the churchyard of The Middle Church, in the heart of Jeremy Taylor country.
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Delighted to share the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life," with our guest Stephen Colbert. It's an open, honest, inspiring (and funny) conversation about his spiritual life, which touches on the loss of his father and two brothers at an early age, his... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p9H...
Stephen Colbert | The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
YouTube video by America - The Jesuit Review
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Delighted to share the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life," with our guest Stephen Colbert. It's an open, honest, inspiring (and funny) conversation about his spiritual life, which touches on the loss of his father and two brothers at an early age, his... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p9H...
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On the anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s death, a fascinating (to me, at least) fact: He played on a cricket team alongside J.M. Barrie, A.A. Milne, H.G. Wells, P.G. Wodehouse, G.K. Chesterton, E.W. Hornung, and Rudyard Kipling.
July 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On the anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s death, a fascinating (to me, at least) fact: He played on a cricket team alongside J.M. Barrie, A.A. Milne, H.G. Wells, P.G. Wodehouse, G.K. Chesterton, E.W. Hornung, and Rudyard Kipling.
My grandmother, one of the best people I know, is not doing well. It has been going on for a few months, a rough few months, now, but it’s gotten worse recently and she had a terrible night last night. If you’re the praying type, please pray a few words for her.
July 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My grandmother, one of the best people I know, is not doing well. It has been going on for a few months, a rough few months, now, but it’s gotten worse recently and she had a terrible night last night. If you’re the praying type, please pray a few words for her.
A constantly superb season (series, Jason) of a constantly hilarious show. I’m sad to see this cast go.
All good things come to an end, but still lots of time for Jason to destroy the rest of the house.
The final #Taskmaster of the series kicks off at 9 of the clock.
The final #Taskmaster of the series kicks off at 9 of the clock.
July 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A constantly superb season (series, Jason) of a constantly hilarious show. I’m sad to see this cast go.
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"Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society" - the words of the Chief Rabbi, following the shameful scenes at Glastonbury, are a sober warning to British society.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chief rabbi attacks BBC for airing 'vile Jew hate' at Glastonbury
Sir Ephraim Mirvis hit out after Bob Vylan's controversial performance at Glastonbury was aired by BBC.
www.bbc.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society" - the words of the Chief Rabbi, following the shameful scenes at Glastonbury, are a sober warning to British society.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I just read a blog post that says, in passing, that the 1974 *Murder on the Orient Express* is “pleasant but not at all moving.”
I’m not the biggest fan of the film—I mostly dislike Albert Finney’s Poirot and think the pacing goes slack halfway through—but as a kid I loved it and found it moving.
I’m not the biggest fan of the film—I mostly dislike Albert Finney’s Poirot and think the pacing goes slack halfway through—but as a kid I loved it and found it moving.
June 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I just read a blog post that says, in passing, that the 1974 *Murder on the Orient Express* is “pleasant but not at all moving.”
I’m not the biggest fan of the film—I mostly dislike Albert Finney’s Poirot and think the pacing goes slack halfway through—but as a kid I loved it and found it moving.
I’m not the biggest fan of the film—I mostly dislike Albert Finney’s Poirot and think the pacing goes slack halfway through—but as a kid I loved it and found it moving.
Wrote this on Reddit; hoping that some of the mystery buffs here might get a kick out of it. Premise is “What if *The Hound of the Baskervilles* were written by other mystery writers?”
June 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wrote this on Reddit; hoping that some of the mystery buffs here might get a kick out of it. Premise is “What if *The Hound of the Baskervilles* were written by other mystery writers?”
I just read something that said that, as a boy, Peter Cushing fell in love with the Sherlock Holmes stories and characters, and I wondered, what is it about the stories that inspires that love? The same thing happened to me—and, I know, many others.
June 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I just read something that said that, as a boy, Peter Cushing fell in love with the Sherlock Holmes stories and characters, and I wondered, what is it about the stories that inspires that love? The same thing happened to me—and, I know, many others.
“Wow, he speaks English remarkably well for a space alien who looks like Nosferatu.”
June 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Wow, he speaks English remarkably well for a space alien who looks like Nosferatu.”