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There is an idea going around in various circles (some of them not natural allies of one another) that can be expressed in very general term...

This is great. The combination of young and old singers here is really neat. The young Ernie Haase is one of only two of the men there who ...

I enjoyed this, from another blog, but only because it was happening to someone else. I have only girls, so hopefully I will escape. Dialogu...

Before we proceed to the consideration of any particular defects in the religious system of the bulk of professed Christians, it maybe prope...

HT: Secondhand Smoke

I posted this to my status at Facebook but decided it deserved a wider audience. At the same time, I really don't want to deal too much ...

He is risen! Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for death is swallowed up in victory! Below are several entirely different types of Easter music...

As we head into Holy Week, I wanted to say something about this post. I'm a bit hesitant about doing so, because the author is obvious...

I laughed and laughed. These posts are incredibly funny. The Crescat, about whom I know little otherwise, is a rather salty-tongued Catholic...

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and...

As of last month (but I just found it now) a Vermont judge has issued an arrest warrant for Lisa Miller, holding her in contempt of court....

I want to introduce the words of this hymn, which we sang this morning, to any readers who may not be familiar with it. The lyrics are by Sa...

Good news : The judge in Rifqa Bary's case has thrown out the parents' motion to set aside dependency declaration and go to trial. T...

I've often wondered about the problem of forgiving those who haven't wronged you. Suppose, just for example, that I have a dear woma...

Tomorrow I'll see if I can rustle up something more profound and serious to say. No promises. For now, here is some more music with a fe...

By one of those happy liturgical coincidences, Valentine's Day this year falls on the Sunday right before Ash Wednesday, for which I Cor...

Hey, all you Yahoo mail users out there. I just found out that Yahoo Mail (you know, the thing you thought you were using just for e-mail) i...

It had been so long since I heard this song that at first I told Eldest Daughter that I didn't know it. How could I have forgotten? Stev...

A follow-up on this story: A judge has said that if Lisa Miller does not turn over her child to her lesbian ex-lover Janet Jenkins (no rel...

Back to music. I hope my readers who aren't into the same kind of music I'm into don't mind the gospel and Christian contemp. to...