"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Here’s Steven Crowder picking apart a piece recently from John Oliver. Crowder is a bit more combative than I would like (and he commits the unforgivable sin of mocking the English accent!), but other than that, it’s a pretty good response to these kind of claims about Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs).
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started”
– Mark Twain
I was recently reminded in conversation that most American Catholics have never watched the TV show “Father Ted”. To be fair, it’s a rather bizarre TV show, with a distinctly quirky sense of humour. However, it’s well worth a watch.
So, in honour of England’s recent victory over Columbia in the World Cup, here’s the episode where Fr. Ted coaches the All-Priests Over 75 Five-A-Side Football Challenge Match…
If you’d like to be introduced to more wonderful British TV, I’d recommend looking at my Best of British series, where I talk about some of my favourite TV shows from home.
A song from the New Wine Conference, “Spirit Fall”, sung by Susie Woodbridge:
[Verse 1]
You breathe life, you restore
Awaken my soul
I know that I’ve been
made for more
[Verse 2]
You speak truth
You renew
When I’m in your presence
you show me the glory of You
[Chorus]
Spirit Fall x2
Fall on us for we are yours x2
[Verse 3]
You will make
all things new
Until you return
all of creation cries out for you
[Bridge]
There is power in your presence
Hope and healing in your presence
There is freedom in your presence
Spirit fall
I came across this on a message board. While I’m happy to acknowledge the many areas where we agree with our separated brethren and hold much in common, this summary of Protestantism hits the nail on the head…
Protestantism: where everyone is a priest except priests, where everyone can bind and loose except bishops, where you can command angels but not ask their help, where you can talk to the devil but not to saints, where everyone gets a crown except the Virgin Mary, where everyone can interpret Scripture except the Church, where every church is a church except the Church…
– Theodosius Walker
Yes! The stage production staring Max McLean, The Most Reluctant Convert, is coming to San Diego at the end of the year! This is a one man show about the conversion of CS Lewis to Christianity:
There’ll be two showings, October 27th and October 28th. Our San Diego CS Lewis reading group will probably be going on October 27th.
A great one from Liturgy Memes:
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