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New to me, anyway. Last night I was pondering that old question: Are Christians obligated to forgive people who have wronged them but are un...

I have a post on her books over on What's Wrong With the World. I wouldn't dream of trying to recreate all the quotations and stuff...

And now, for something completely different: Courtesy of the Lighten Up Brigade (aka my friend Eric V.), I give you the following grammatica...

The collect for the Feast of the Epiphany: O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifu...

When Auster is good, he's very good. He says he's been pressured recently by some correspondents to support Him Who Must Not Be Nam...

And a happy Feast of Stephen to everybody. Speaking of St. Stephen's Day, we now have a new great Christmas CD: This one, Mannheim Stea...

And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and...

Terminology shifts in the news media are interesting. They often signal historical changes in the wind. Now we find that the relatively cons...

Here's one I owe solidly to the old Episcopal 1940 Hymnal. Never heard of it in the Baptist church, though there's nothing sectaria...

Today is Gaudete Sunday. We were, however, snowed out of church today, so the only signs of Gaudete will be here at home, where we would hav...

I've been letting this feature languish, so by way of making up, this week I'll feature one collect and two hymns. First, the colle...

A blessed Advent Sunday to my readers. I begin with the collect for Advent Sunday, to be repeated throughout Advent each week. It is one of ...

I used to be a big fan of Ron Paul. I was really pleased when I heard he was running in the primary and at first was considering voting for ...

I have just this week learned of the existence of Ian Douglas Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia. I heard of him, because he died on N...

For a Thanksgiving post, I can do no better than to quote the Book of Common Prayer. Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy...

I apologize to my kind readers for having not updated here for a couple of weeks. I did post at What's Wrong with the World on a couple ...

And a blessed Feast of All Saints and following octave thereof to all of you out there in readerland. One of our autumn traditions around he...

Some readers have mentioned that I should provide links to the music for the hymns I discuss. Unfortunately, many of them appear to be found...

I dunno. Some people seem a bit worked up about the Armenian genocide resolution. Even some conservatives. (Read that in the philosophers...

In case this burning question was ever bothering you, I thought I'd post the answer here. We have been doing some research on this here ...