I sent out a notice about Father Oakes’ “On the Square” article, Atheism’s Just So Scenarios , to a list of apologetics websites. Among the responses was one from a writer who said he’d looked at our website and: I also saw that you had a section called . . . . Continue Reading »
Pierre Pidoux’s edited volume, Le psautier huguenot du XVIe siècle: Mélodies et documents, contains a fascinating lectionary for singing through the entire Psalter in the course of 25 weeks, or approximately half a year. This was used in Geneva during the 16th century. I am unaware . . . . Continue Reading »
Although some of the Catholic Church’s critics have revived the old prejudices of the Catholic Church as a monolith, the better to sue her, “the Church is much closer to a confederation of families than a modern corporation,” points out Archbishop Charles Chaput in today’s . . . . Continue Reading »
As study of tens of thousands of couples in Britain, Germany and Australia reveals that a happiness gap between spouses was a predictor of divorce—but only when the husband was feeling better about life than his wife: The happiness gap widened when wives were lumbered with most of the . . . . Continue Reading »
At Christianity Today , Christopher Benson—one of our bloggers at Evangel —interviews James Davison Hunter about his new book and why Christian strategies to transform culture are ineffective: Benson: Why are the principal strategies for cultural change failing? Hunter: Evangelism, . . . . Continue Reading »
I completely agree with you, Matt . Friday Night Lights is hands down the best show on television. Admittedly, since I’m from rural Texas and a fan of high school football, I’m culturally predisposed to love the show. But even if I weren’t I’d still adore it for one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The important question, as Abraham Piper points out , is what we’re going to watch now that Lost has left our lives for good. I liked Lost . A lot. I have to say that and repeat it so the Losties don’t kill me for what comes next: it wasn’t the best show on television the past three . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers who have not done so will want to read George Weigel’s “On the Square” article, Storm Clouds in Ukraine . He offers a provocative take on a matter that is both of some political importance to the security and stability of Europe, western and eastern, and of some interest . . . . Continue Reading »
Agenzia Fides , the Vatican’s missionary press agency, has published the names of Catholics killed while on mission in 2009. According to the report, 30 priests, 2 religious sisters, 2 seminarians, and 3 lay volunteers were killed last year—nearly twice the number killed in 2008. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Catholic World News reports that Fr. Michael Kelly, S.J. the CEO of the Asian Catholic News agency, finds the Catholic doctrine of “transubstantiation” meaningless in this “post-Newtonian world of quantum physics”. Since I use quantum mechanics every day in my work, I think I . . . . Continue Reading »
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