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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Food: The Cornerstone of Christian Credibility
Joel Salatin makes an excellent case here for Christians to have a consistent ethic of life–ecological life, that is. If we say that we’re pro-life, but don’t include in that pro-ness the lives of cows and chickens and earth worms, … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Life, Faith and Reason, Grapevines and Nature, Politics
Tagged sustainable farming, sustainable living
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Where Can You Live, II
Okay, so in my most recent post, I listed what I see as the three alternatives to living in suburbia, namely life in the country, life in a small town, and life in a traditional neighborhood in a city. Now, … Continue reading
Book Review: Evolving in Monkey Town
I was honored to receive an early copy of Rachel Held Evans‘ debut book, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a girl who knew all the answers learned to ask the questions, and I am now happy to offer a review … Continue reading
Posted in Faith and Reason
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5-minute Podcast: The Papacy in 50 Roads to Rome
Okay so this one’s more like 8 minutes. This podcast briefly explains why the existence of the bishop of Rome–the Pope–throughout the history of the Christian Church argues for the Catholic Church. It’s the second argument in my book, 50 … Continue reading
Where Can You Live?
I’m loving my new book, “Suburban Nation”. Absolutely loving it. I read a mind-blowing chapter yesterday in which the authors, with uncanny precision, name the ways in which various populations suffer in and because of suburbia. Those who suffer? The … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Life, Faith and Reason
Tagged Christopher Dawson Institute, city planning, Neighbor, scholarliness
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In Spite of All of Us Catholics, the Church Is Still Standing
Surely this blog post’s title is wrong. I mean, isn’t the Catholic Church standing because of us Catholics? I would say, “not really.” It truly is more in spite of us Catholics that the Catholic Church still has a presence … Continue reading
Added the Networked Blogs Widget to the Sidebar
I’ve seen this on other people’s sites but didn’t really “get it” for a while–now I think I understand it: you can subscribe to this blog via facebook using the Networked Blogs application. Does anyone know more about it than … Continue reading
Posted in Technical
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Poor Mister Rose
My dear husband generously offered to take our three toddlers to the feed store today, so that I might have time for a nap. Blessed man. I awoke from my nap to find that we are now the owners of … Continue reading
How Do We Find The Church?
Tim Troutman made a short video demonstrating why Protestants have to reason in a circle to answer where the Church is: Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. FYI: Keith Mathison is a respected Protestant scholar and author of The … Continue reading
Disturbing and Sad
I just read an article on the life-after-regnum-christi blog and was further astounded by the depravity of Fr. Maciel, the founder of the Legion and Regnum Christi. Warning, some graphic descriptions in the article. Also, a brief digression I don’t … Continue reading
