"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
I often meet people who think that C.S. Lewis was English. He wasn’t, he was actually born and raised in Belfast. However, if anyone has heard one of the few remaining recordings of Lewis, they could easily be forgiven for this mistake since he has a remarkably “plummy” English accent.
Below you’ll find YouTube videos containing all the remaining audio of Lewis which I can find…
When navigating the world of Scotch, it’s helpful to have a guide…
In my recent appearance on The Catholic Man Show, I mentioned that C.S. Lewis went to weekly confession to an Anglican priest. I thought I’d share one of his letters today where he points out the value of confessing our sins out loud:
…there is the gain in self-knowledge: most of [us] have never really faced the facts about ourselves until we uttered them aloud in plain words, calling a spade a spade. I certainly feel I have profited enormously by the practice.
The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III
Not only is Confession biblical, it’s also good psychology 🙂
A while ago I was listening to this episode of Reason and Theology and heard some really great advice about what to do when you get frustrated at the Liturgy at Mass:
If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about the Liturgy of the Mass, you can’t do better than this…
One of my great loves is Scotch, so I thought I’d share a little primer. Here are the main regions in Scotland which produce this delightful drink:
Here are the characteristics of those different regions:
…and here are some example scotches from those regions:
