Kevin has commented on the Presbyterians’ recent decision to approve of practicing homosexual clergy, a move that will only divide an already divided body — still divided even though many of the conservative members hived off decades ago into bodies like the Presbyterian Church in . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Dr. Pat Deneen regards David Brooks’ repudiation of the suburbs as a Porcher victory, as Mr. Pomocon reports below. 2. But every pomocon must know that I repudiated David’s (my sort-of friend’s) account of the suburbs in his fairly bizarre flop PARADISE DRIVE. He tried to give . . . . Continue Reading »
Fired for Being Catholic? reported on the troubles of Dr. Kenneth Howell, who lost his adjunct job at the University of Illinois for admitting in a class on Catholic teaching that he, as a Catholic, agreed with it. A friend who teaches in a state university wrote: Having read his e-mail, the . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Gospel Of Scientific Materialism , today’s “On the Square” article, R. R. Reno explains why those he calls “our Happy Warriors of Science” — the Dawkins/Dennett crowd — are so enthusiastic, nay Evangelical, about “the most reductive sort of . . . . Continue Reading »
I am very pleased that my speaking tour of Australia seems to be going quite well. Australia is a terrific country. The wonderful impression Debra and I carried away from our 2001 trip have been fully validated in 2010. I have been very pleased that SHSers have come . . . . Continue Reading »
Music has undergone serious theological neglect according to Jeremy Begbie, a professionally trained musician and theologian at Duke Divinity School. In his introduction to Theology, Music and Time, he writes:In the twentieth century, the corridors of theology were not generally alive with the sound . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t know whether this is due to the quality of life ethic, strained resources, or indifference—but it appears that dependent seniors face malnourishment while in care in some Scotland NHS hospitals. From the story:One of the country’s leading health campaigners has . . . . Continue Reading »
A classic, just found on the web: Alan Bennet’s sermon from Beyond the Fringe , on the text “Esau was an hairy man, but I am a smooth man.” I have heard sermons like this. . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things’ “other” blog, First Thoughts, has editors listing the ten worst hymns and the ten best hymns. Whether this is a useful exercise is up to readers to judge. What is lacking is a set of criteria by which to judge what constitutes good and bad hymns. I note that most of . . . . Continue Reading »
Following the old rule of thumb: “Y goes before C, except when C stands for something that could be embarrassing,” the YMCA—formerly known as the Young Men’s Christian Association—has decided to lop off the last three letters of its name and will now be known simply as . . . . Continue Reading »
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