Theology Of Dance
This is my kind of post. Theology and dancing 🙂
Tag: Chastity
“Love, not use” Wallpaper
This has been my wallpaper for the last few weeks:
Into the breach!
If we’re friends on Facebook, you may well have seen a video I posted last week:
This video is part of the Into the breach initiative from the Diocese of Phoenix. Bishop Olmsted, the Bishop of that Diocese, recently released an apostolic exhortation to men, asking them to “Step into the breach”, to fill the void in our society left by an absence of authentic masculinity. In this exhortation, the good Bishop discusses what it means to be a man and gives some of the practical guidance for living out the masculine calling in all its fullness.
I was very much impressed by this apostolic exhortation and I took it with me on my retreat this week so that I could spend some unhurried time reading through it and considering the challenges it poses. After subsequent rereading, I thought that it deserves to be more widely known, so I recorded it onto MP3, making it available to a wider audience.
Audio Download
Into The Breach – Introduction (Download)
The three questions and the context for answering them
Into The Breach – Question #1 (Download)
What does it mean to be a Christian man?
Into The Breach – Question #2 (Download)
How does a Catholic man love?
Into The Breach – Question #3 (Download)
Why is fatherhood, fully understood, so crucial for every man?
Into The Breach – Conclusion (Download)
Sent forth by Christ and Faith of our Fathers
If you don’t want to download multiple files, a recording of the entire document as a single MP3 is available here (80MB).
Interview with a stripper
Last month I had a conversation with someone on Facebook who saw strip clubs as perfectly wholesome places. When I meet someone who holds an opinion like this, I usually invite them to read the following interview:
Virgin Regret on the Goretti Group
I couple of weeks ago I posted my “Virgin Regret” series, my response to the story of a girl who remained a virgin until her wedding night and now regrets her decision. This series was actually a piece I originally wrote for the Goretti Group and I completely forgot to post a link to it when it was published on their website. So, to remedy that, here’s the link:
Virgin Regret (Part 5): Conclusion
This is the last post in the series responding to Samantha Pugsley’s article about her regret in remaining a virgin until her wedding night.
Virgin Regret (Part 4): Getting to the wedding
Earlier this week, I wrote a couple more parts to my series which exames the story of a girl named Samantha, who remained a virgin until her wedding night, but who now regrets this decision.
So far in this series, I have spoken about the distinction between chastity and abstinence and I have also presented the Catholic vision for sex and marriage, contrasting this to the woefully inadequate formation which Samantha appears to have received.
Today I would like to begin by looking at the reasons Samantha was taught for remaining a virgin until marriage and then look at what she wrote about the road to her wedding day.
