I have a little dreidel
Since today is the last day of Hanukkah…
Music Monday: Wedding Dress
If you could love me as a wife.
For my wedding gift your life.
Should that be all I ever need?
Is there more I’m looking for?
Should I read between the lines?
Look for blessings in the skies?
Make me handsome rich and white.
Is that really what you want?
‘Cause I am a whore I do confess.
I put you on just like a wedding dress,
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle.
I am a prodigal with no way home.
I put you on just like a ring of gold,
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle, to you.
Could you love this bastard child?
No, I don’t trust you to provide.
With one hand in a pot of gold
And the other in your side.
‘Cause I am so easily satisfied.
With the call of a lover’s soul as wild.
I would take a little cash
Over your very flesh and blood.
‘Cause I am a whore I do confess.
I put you on just like a wedding dress,
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle.
I am a prodigal with no way home.
I put you on just like a ring of gold
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle, to you.
‘Cause money cannot buy
A husbnd’s jealous eye.,
When you have knowingly
Deceived his wife.’Cause I am a whore I do confess.
I put you on just like a wedding dress,
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle.
I am a prodigal with no way home.
I put you on just like a ring of gold,
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle, to you.’
Cause I am a whore I do confess.
I put you on just like a wedding dress,
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle.
I am a prodigal with no way home.
I put you on just like a ring of gold,
And I run down the aisle,
Run down the aisle, to you.
Can Netflix Save Narnia?
You may have heard recently that the Chronicles of Narnia are coming to Netflix! Can Netflix save the struggling franchise? Glumpuddle from the Talking Beasts podcast discusses…
Wise Words on Wednesday: Never Alone
No one lives alone, no one sins alone, no one is saved alone
Pope Benedict XVI
PWJ: S1E42 – MC R – “Retrospective”
Having completed Mere Christianity, Matt and I take this episode to discuss the book as a whole, share some of our favourite parts, as well as what it was like to read a book “in public” over the course of a year…
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Episode 42: Mere Christianity Retrospective (Download)
Music Monday: No Rival
[Verse 1]
He is justice
He is mercy
He is spotless
Yet carried me dirty
He is jealous and gracious
Pursuant and patient
Always been brutally kind
He is gentle
But you can’t tame Him
[Chorus]
There is no one (No one)
No one (No one)
No one like Jesus
He has (He has)
He has (He has)
No rival
No one (No one)
No one (No one)
No one like Jesus
He has (He has)
He has (He has)
No equal
[Verse 2: Crowder]
He’s a king
He’s a servant
Voice of thunder
I hear Him whisper
He gives beauty for ashes
Gave His life in compassion
Always, we’ve been on His mind
He was buried
But Hell couldn’t hold Him
[Bridge]
My whole life, I heard ’em say
“You ain’t ever gonna make it boy”
Stop, replay
Them kinda words change the way I pray
No more “God is good, God is great”
I’ve been down before, I mean real low
But don’t judge my past, we all friends though
Forgiveness was the key I was missin’ bro
But my God is big, Jericho
So I stand with my fist held high
And my eyes gazed on the Most High
Lord, pour out Your love and Your glory
I know You supporting me, You the authority
I’m right where I’m supposed to be, You have a plan for me
Hope and a future, You said it so candidly
So as day after day goes by when y’all ask me to testify
I point my hands to the sky, my God
One minute book review: CS Lewis and the Catholic Church
C.S. Lewis & the Catholic Church is a book which investigates a fascinating question: why didn’t C.S. Lewis convert to Catholicism? After all, many Catholics who read Lewis discover a faith which they very must recognize as Catholic (with a capital “C”). One of his best friends, Tolkien, was a Catholic, he possessed a robust sacramental theology, believed in Purgatory and went to confession regularly. Why did he not “swim the Tiber”?
Joseph Pearce takes the reader through a tour of several of Lewis’ works, particularly The Pilgrim’s Regress, Surprised By Joy, The Great Divorce and Mere Christianity, tracing the threads of Catholic thought which can be found there, as well the points of contention with the Catholic Faith. He also digs into Lewis’ Ulster background, seeing what prejudices may have been deeply laid in his childhood.
One nice addition to this book was the appendix, which recounted the stories of those devoted to Lewis who eventually converted to Catholicism, including his own secretary, Walter Hooper. Lewis may have never formally entered into communion with the Bishop of Rome, but it becomes clear that his writings nevertheless influenced others in their journey “home to Rome”.