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Kudos and more kudos to my cyber-friend Jeff Culbreath for taking a firm stand against the evil attack on marriage from homosexual activists...

Today happens to be the Feast of Stephen, immortalized in "Good King Wenceslas." Stephen was the first martyr, and it seems approp...

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...

I'll probably have only a couple of posts directly related to Christmas. I'm enjoying everybody else's Christmas stuff so much. ...

This is amusing, in a grim sort of way. (By putting up this grim post now, I am committing myself to posting something else before Christmas...

Alas, what with one thing and another I've had no time this week for liturgical blogging on this site, or even clever blogging or funny...

The collect for Advent II Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise h...

There's a new e-journal launched: The Christendom Review . I have an article in it on the naked public square thesis--the idea, basical...

The collect for Advent Sunday Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, ...

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-k...

Over on What's Wrong with the World, we've had another thread about the bailout. I've come out firmly on the side of government...

Suppose you were confronted with a Christian, a self-styled fundamentalist, who told you that he does not think suicide is wrong or that he ...

Over at W4 I've put up a post on the subject of how kids lose their Christian faith in college. Actually, I'm looking for informati...

I don't know what it's like where you are, but around here there's a scurry of snow. It's cold, gloomy, and getting dark ear...

As I am still working on the proofs (though I see the light at the end of the tunnel), I give you a couple of wonderful musical clips in pla...

I am correcting page proofs for our 69-page resurrection article (cum additional pages for the bibliography). I am seeking reader input on t...

I was teaching Youngest Daughter the Apostles' Creed a couple of weeks ago. No, not making her memorize it (though she probably could) b...

Calling any pro-life Michiganders who happen to be in my reading audience: Next Tuesday, be sure to go to the polls to vote no on Proposal 2...

Kleenex alert. You will want to have some on-hand. This is very moving. I do not know where the satellite missionary TV station "Life T...

Just in case anyone reads this blog and doesn't read What's Wrong with the World, I just posted this to give us a little comic relie...