Phipps was not persuaded.
5 years ago
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
No Mere Marriage of Convenience: The Unity of Economic & Social Conservatism
Kresta In The Afternoon: No Mere Marriage of Convenience: The Unity of Econ...: November 16, 2012 Robert P. George, First Things On November 6, Democrats and liberals had a good election night; ...
Monday, November 19, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Democracy Ushers in the Reign of Civic Ignorance
Kresta In The Afternoon: Democracy Ushers in the Reign of Civic Ignorance: by Stephen M. Krason , Crisis Magazine T he many analyses of the 2012 election results are not saying much about what may have been...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Te Deum laudamus!: Powerful Image: Your Body?
Te Deum laudamus!: Powerful Image: Your Body?: This powerful image was floating around on Facebook. Enough Said... For interesting news items I don't have time to blo...
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
The problem is not merely the candidate of choice.
"A conservative electorate has to be created out of that vast
uncommitted middle—the great majority of the American people who, though
today they vote for Democratic or Modern Republican candidates, are not
ideologically wedded to their programs or, for that matter, to any
program. The problem is to reach them and to organize them." -
L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Obama’s Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By Ame...
Kresta In The Afternoon: Obama’s Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By Ame...: September 17, 2012 2:08 PM CBS Damage inside the burnt US consulate building in Benghazi (Photo credit: GIANLUIGI GU...
Monday, September 17, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Pro-Abortion Democrats Scream at 11-Year-Old Pro-L...
Kresta In The Afternoon: Pro-Abortion Democrats Scream at 11-Year-Old Pro-L...: by Bryan Kemper | Charlotte, NC | LifeNews .com | 9/3/12 1:01 PM I want you to meet my friend and fellow abortion abolitionist, 11-year-old...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Media 'Fact Checkers' Always Seem To Favor Obama
Kresta In The Afternoon: Media 'Fact Checkers' Always Seem To Favor Obama: ( Investor's Business Daily ) If media "fact checkers" are just impartial guardians of the truth, how come they got their own facts wrong...
J.R.R. Tolkein on myth
"We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though
they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true
light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making,
only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to
the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be
misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour,
while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the
Iron Crown of the power of evil."
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Brazil Allows Three-Person Civil Union
Kresta In The Afternoon: Brazil Allows Three-Person Civil Union: By Charles C. W. Cooke , August 28, 2012, National Review Online In Brazil, the BBC reports : Religious groups have voiced ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Women who cried wolf — the illegitimate rape claim...
Kresta In The Afternoon: Women who cried wolf — the illegitimate rape claim...: by Rebecca Kiessling , Mon Aug 27, 2012, Life Site News Note: Rebecca Kiessling, who was herself conceived in rape, is the co-founder of H...
Friday, August 24, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: New Audio Surfaces of Obama Defending Infanticide ...
Kresta In The Afternoon: New Audio Surfaces of Obama Defending Infanticide ...: by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews .com | 8/23/12 4:01 PM That President Barack Obama was the only member of the Illinois le...
Kresta In The Afternoon: Pedophiles want same rights as homosexuals
You knew it was one the next stops on the slippery slope!
Kresta In The Afternoon: Pedophiles want same rights as homosexuals: Claim unfair to be stigmatized for sexual orientation by Jack Minor, Northern Colorado Gazette , Oct. 15, 2011 Using the same tactics u...
Kresta In The Afternoon: Pedophiles want same rights as homosexuals: Claim unfair to be stigmatized for sexual orientation by Jack Minor, Northern Colorado Gazette , Oct. 15, 2011 Using the same tactics u...
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: How Protestants Learned to Love the Pill
Kresta In The Afternoon: How Protestants Learned to Love the Pill: by Allan Carlson , Crisis Magazine T he Protestant Reformation was in significant part a protest against the perceived antinatal...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: We can’t handle the truth about abortion…
Kresta In The Afternoon: We can’t handle the truth about abortion…: 8/11/2012, KellyClinger .com Wednesday is late term abortion day at Orlando Women’s Center (the clinic where I had my abortions 12 years...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Caught on video: Abortionist talks of the “ugly bl...
Kresta In The Afternoon: Caught on video: Abortionist talks of the “ugly bl...: by Jean McCarthy Mon Aug 06, 2012 13:14 EST CHARLOTTE, NC, August 6, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Charlotte abortionist Ashutosh Ron Virma...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Theology of the Soda Ban by Sebastian White O.P.
Sebastian Walsh O.P. has a brilliant insight on the Michael Bloomberg-leg, Taliban-style healthy food crusade on the First Things blog.
"It’s the combination of values that is puzzling: a quasi-religious zeal to eliminate soda, salt, and saturated fat on the one hand, and the toleration—nay, promotion—of grave offenses against human dignity and health on the other. When premarital sex, homosexuality, contraception, and abortion are encouraged in health class, isn’t Michael Bloomberg’s crusade against sugary drinks a bit odd? As the Church is backed into a corner because of its teaching on sexuality, and its institutions face increasing pressure to compromise and cooperate with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception, and after the city bans religious groups from using public property, lawmakers are getting moralistic about food. It’s a good thing if people eat less fat and sugar, to be sure, but let’s put first things first"
"It’s the combination of values that is puzzling: a quasi-religious zeal to eliminate soda, salt, and saturated fat on the one hand, and the toleration—nay, promotion—of grave offenses against human dignity and health on the other. When premarital sex, homosexuality, contraception, and abortion are encouraged in health class, isn’t Michael Bloomberg’s crusade against sugary drinks a bit odd? As the Church is backed into a corner because of its teaching on sexuality, and its institutions face increasing pressure to compromise and cooperate with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception, and after the city bans religious groups from using public property, lawmakers are getting moralistic about food. It’s a good thing if people eat less fat and sugar, to be sure, but let’s put first things first"
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Queen Katharine of Aragon (Queen of England)...Ruega por nosotros!
http://katharineofaragon.com/wordpress/
http://katharineofaragon.com/wordpress/
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Newman's approach to Catholicism
In his Apologia Pro Vita Sua Bl. John Henry Newman wrote,
"I came to the conclusion that there was no medium in true philosophy between atheism and Catholicism, and that a perfectly consistent mind, under those circumstances in which it finds itself here below must embrace either the one or the other."
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Beautiful Words on Forgiveness
"Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die." - Anne Lamott in Travelling Mercies
Monday, May 21, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: President Barack Obama’s Pro-Abortion Record: A Pr...
Kresta In The Afternoon: President Barack Obama’s Pro-Abortion Record: A Pr...: Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — The following is a compilation of bill signings, speeches, appointments and other actions that President ...
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
“Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Notes on That Hideous Stength by C. S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength
As in many of C.S. Lewis' other non-fiction works, he astutely articulates in That Hideous Strength the dangers of the "progressive" movement. On a side note, I find it amusing, at least, that the term Progressive should be utilized. It seems that in order to progress towards something, there needs be a stated goal. What is it for a "progressive"? If it turns out to be an apocalyptic, utopian vision wherein all are (voluntarily or involuntarily) made to hold hands and sing Kumbaya, or worse, an ode to the all powerful nanny state, then I most vociferously must object. I would not go in for totalitarianism, whether from the left or right (politically), secular or religious. If they want a revolution, like the Beatles, they can count me out! After all, the only genuine revolutionary is the God of Love, Jesus the Christ. Love, of course, meaning to desire the objective good of the other. I suspect that all leftist and "progressive" thought is merely trying to escape God and His Love. If one succeeds in this attempted escape, Hell is where they land...eternally. What is most puzzling is that they have the audacity, when this is suggested, to blame a "cruel, vindictive god". Notice I have neglected to capitalize the G in God. Even if they don't understand, those who reject God eternally, will still have a "god" and it is the "god of this world" and Satan certainly can be a cruel task master.
As to the book, I highly recommend it. It is, in my opinion, (outside of The Screwtape Letters) C.S. Lewis' best fiction. I know some may reject my claim and make an opposing claim for the Chronicles of Narnia. However, in my opinion, the allegory is a tad to thick for my tastes. That Hideous Strength is a masterpiece for fiction from a Theistic reference point. C.S. Lewis was able integrate his non-fiction philosophy along with a compelling storyline and likeable (or detestable) characters. It must be said that Mr. Lewis is not a master of verbal caricature (like Dickens), symbolism (like Hawthorne), or even fantastical descriptions (like Tolkien). That being said, That Hideous Strength is a fast-moving (even more so if one has read the other two novels in this trilogy), enjoyable fantasy/scientific novel that could not be more relevant for our times.
Finally, I suspect leftists, atheists, and "progressives" hate this novel due to the fact that it exposes them.That Hideous Strength
As in many of C.S. Lewis' other non-fiction works, he astutely articulates in That Hideous Strength the dangers of the "progressive" movement. On a side note, I find it amusing, at least, that the term Progressive should be utilized. It seems that in order to progress towards something, there needs be a stated goal. What is it for a "progressive"? If it turns out to be an apocalyptic, utopian vision wherein all are (voluntarily or involuntarily) made to hold hands and sing Kumbaya, or worse, an ode to the all powerful nanny state, then I most vociferously must object. I would not go in for totalitarianism, whether from the left or right (politically), secular or religious. If they want a revolution, like the Beatles, they can count me out! After all, the only genuine revolutionary is the God of Love, Jesus the Christ. Love, of course, meaning to desire the objective good of the other. I suspect that all leftist and "progressive" thought is merely trying to escape God and His Love. If one succeeds in this attempted escape, Hell is where they land...eternally. What is most puzzling is that they have the audacity, when this is suggested, to blame a "cruel, vindictive god". Notice I have neglected to capitalize the G in God. Even if they don't understand, those who reject God eternally, will still have a "god" and it is the "god of this world" and Satan certainly can be a cruel task master.
As to the book, I highly recommend it. It is, in my opinion, (outside of The Screwtape Letters) C.S. Lewis' best fiction. I know some may reject my claim and make an opposing claim for the Chronicles of Narnia. However, in my opinion, the allegory is a tad to thick for my tastes. That Hideous Strength is a masterpiece for fiction from a Theistic reference point. C.S. Lewis was able integrate his non-fiction philosophy along with a compelling storyline and likeable (or detestable) characters. It must be said that Mr. Lewis is not a master of verbal caricature (like Dickens), symbolism (like Hawthorne), or even fantastical descriptions (like Tolkien). That being said, That Hideous Strength is a fast-moving (even more so if one has read the other two novels in this trilogy), enjoyable fantasy/scientific novel that could not be more relevant for our times.
Finally, I suspect leftists, atheists, and "progressives" hate this novel due to the fact that it exposes them.That Hideous Strength
Monday, April 30, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Is Susan Fluke a Slut???
Slut means "A person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous", according to dictionary...so, technically Susan Fluke is a Slut!!!!
Is Susan Fluke a Slut???
Slut means "A person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous", according to dictionary...so, technically Susan Fluke is a Slut!!!!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
St. Edmund Campion prayer
A Daily Prayer of St. Edmund Campion
"I have made a free oblation of myself
to your Divine Majesty,
both of life and of death,
and I hope that
you will give me
grace and force to perform.
This is all I desire. Amen."
-St. Edmund Campion
"I have made a free oblation of myself
to your Divine Majesty,
both of life and of death,
and I hope that
you will give me
grace and force to perform.
This is all I desire. Amen."
-St. Edmund Campion
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Love is Universal
WHISPERS OF LOVE
Lover whispers to my ear,
"Better to be a prey than a hunter.
Make yourself My fool.
Stop trying to be the sun and become a speck!
Dwell at My door and be homeless.
Don't pretend to be a candle, be a moth,
so you may taste the savor of Life
and know the power hidden in serving."
Mathnawi V. 411-414 (translated by Kabir Helminski)
The Rumi Collection, Edited by Kabir Helminski
Lover whispers to my ear,
"Better to be a prey than a hunter.
Make yourself My fool.
Stop trying to be the sun and become a speck!
Dwell at My door and be homeless.
Don't pretend to be a candle, be a moth,
so you may taste the savor of Life
and know the power hidden in serving."
Mathnawi V. 411-414 (translated by Kabir Helminski)
The Rumi Collection, Edited by Kabir Helminski
Wood: Christ's gift to man
"Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part
With all thy art.
The cross taught all wood to resound his name,
Who bore the same."
(Easter, George Herbert, 1593-1633)
With all thy art.
The cross taught all wood to resound his name,
Who bore the same."
(Easter, George Herbert, 1593-1633)
Monday, January 9, 2012
SSM bigotry on display
It seems to me that those who are so quick to call for tolerance are usually the most INTOLERANT! Read this article about SSM bigotry on feel display.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Kresta In The Afternoon: Study: A Home with a Mom and a Dad Improves Boys’ ...
Kresta In The Afternoon: Study: A Home with a Mom and a Dad Improves Boys’ ...: An analysis of 20 years’ worth of school suspension rates nationwide shows that the greatest influence on boys’ behavior at school is not th...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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