Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Church of England Approves Women Bishops
The Church of England has approved women bishops.
I have great respect for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and this was sad to read:
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who urged generous provision for opponents [those against women's ordination as bishops], sat with his head in his hands as a proposal for “super bishops†[...]
No Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason by Devman
Monday, July 7th, 2008
The Terrors of Hell
I received in the mail today a letter with no return address, postmarked from Austin, containing a Christian tract (a small pamphlet) entitled, “The Terrors of Hell”, by William C. Nichols.
The above link takes you to Mr. Nichols’ site, I believe, that contains the tract’s contents. I don’t know who sent me this tract, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Faith and Reason by Devman
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Flotsam and Jetsam
Here are some websites I have been using that I wanted to pass along:
CatholicExchange.com: web portal, new articles each day, news headlines, etc.
Pandora.com: free music supported by ads; you tell it which bands you like and it plays those bands and others like them (tip: some of the ads they show are immodest (not pornographic, [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Entertainment, Technical by Devman
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Today, 232 Years Ago
“Congress was assembled in Independence Hall, at Philadelphia, when the Declaration was adopted…on the morning of the day of its adoption, the venerable bell man ascended to the steeple, and a little boy was placed at the door of the Hall to give him notice when the vote should be concluded. The old man [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason, Love and War, Politics by Katie
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Separation of Church and State on the 4th of July
Happy and blessed 4th of July to you!
What a great country we live in; for all of its problems, it is great in countless ways, and I am grateful to God for the United States of America.
I’ve been reading Original Intent, by David Barton, and I am on the chapter where he describes the “misleading [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason, Politics by Devman
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Penelope and Hester
the names we’ve given to our two new Buff Orpingtons:
WPvideo 1.10
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Blessed! Louis and Zelie Martin And Saint! Damien
This is just too cool.
St. Therese of Lisieux, greatest saint of modern times, female Doctor of the Church (and she died at only 24 years old), patroness of missions (even thought she never left her convent), and my patron saint, is about to have her parents beatified!
Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin:
Katie and I, while engaged, [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Saints and Angels by Devman
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Adoption?
Maybe. As God wills. Devin and I took a very big first step and filled out an adoption interest form online recently. We are open to adoption (okay, actually, I would love to adopt), but we need to continue taking prudent steps with our fertility and will have to wait until Our [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Katie
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Freedom, “Freedom”, and Slavery
Christ says: “Everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”
I’ve been thinking about this truth recently, having once lived in slavery to my own disordered passions and desires.
Also, I recently posted about the head of the Ugandan AIDS committee begging the Western liberal powers to stop exporting their messages of promiscuity and condoms to Uganda, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason, Love and War, Masculine Spirituality by Devman
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Dr. King: Abortion Is the Scourge of African-Americans
Minnesota recently released its latest abortion statistics, and Dr. Alveda King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s niece, responded cogently:
“While African Americans comprise only 4.5 percent of Minnesota’s population, black women received almost 25 percent of the abortions performed on Minnesotans,” stated Dr. King. “Nationally, black women are 4.8 times more likely to have an abortion [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics by Devman
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Faith-based Support from Obama: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Initially, it sounded good: Sen. Obama said he would support the continuation of Bush’s federal funding for faith-based organizations, but I hadn’t read the details of it.
In reality, sadly, it seems that this is a way of Sen. Obama to appear to support faith-based initiatives as they are now and thus draw in more “values [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics by Devman
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
What We’ll Enjoy this Weekend
Festivities (oh the wit–our congratulations to Team Cooper)
In DOMESTIC CONGRESS, July 4, 2008
A DECLARATION
By the REPRESENTATIVES of
TEAM COOPER
And Its Friends Assembled
When in the course of Summer it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the banalities of June which have connected them with every erstwhile generation and to renew the august tradition of declaring America’s [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life by Katie
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The Farm Dream
I recently made public the dream that Devin and I share of having a farm one day. I’m sure it was not terribly surprising to any of our dear readers, in view of the fact that our backyard is bursting at the seams with chickens, garden, mini-vineyard, compost pile, and bees. Still, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Katie
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Excellent Posts
The media ignored the march on Washington made by Black pastors and leaders against Planned Parenthood; their voices should be heard.
Gangs are replacing families as the primary unit of socialization in the UK, says the London police chief; why is the family so important to forming children?
The stunning South Dakota court ruling that abortionists must [...]