Starting a Men’s Group
A great podcast episode from Dave DiNuzzo on how to start a Men’s Group. I wrote about the founding of my own group here.
The TrueManhood Podcast Episode 8 – The Ins and Outs of Starting a Men’s Group
Month: September 2018
Wise Words on Wednesday: Silence
“Crises need to be faced together. This is hard, since persons sometimes withdraw in order to avoid saying what they feel; they retreat into a craven silence. At these times, it becomes all the more important to create opportunities for speaking heart to heart.”
Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia (#234)
Music Monday: The Stand
Today Hunter Thompson sings “The Stand”…
[Verse]
You stood before creation
Eternity within Your hands
You spoke all life into motion
My soul now to stand
You stood before my failure
And carried the cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand
[Chorus]
So what can I say And what could I do
But offer this heart O God Completely to You
[Verse 2]
So I’ll walk upon salvation Your Spirit alive in me
This life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand
[Chorus]
So what can I say
And what could I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You
So what can I say
And what could I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You
[Bridge]
So I’ll stand With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
I’ll stand My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours
The New Atheism and the Five Ways
One of my challenges this year was to become better acquainted with St. Thomas Aquinas. As a result, I’ve dug more into Thomas’ “Five Ways”, five proofs for the existence of God which appear at the start of the Summa.
I generally haven’t been very impressed with the rebuttals of the Five Ways by the New Atheists. In the article below, Dr. William-Lane Craig reviews the Five Ways and looks at the typical criticisms of them he receives from New Atheists…
Slander
09/05/2018 UPDATE: Actually, it turns out that this probably isn’t from Socrates. At the very least, some friends have pointed out that they haven’t been able to validate the quotation. It’s still a good line though, nonetheless…