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Shocking News about America?
This article from becomingminimalist.com is filled with shocking statistics about Americans (and a few other nationalities). I'm...
sursumcorda, 16 January 2020 |
Saving Albert Einstein
In a comment to my post, Sometimes Old Family Stories Are True , Heather asked, "Speaking of old family stories, what do you know...
Reflections on the Psalms
Reflections on the Psalms by C. S. Lewis (Harcourt Brace & Company, first published 1958) C. S. Lewis fan though I am,...
Books Read in 2019
It's time for my annual compilation of books read during the past year. A few patterns stand out: my current C. S. Lewis retrospective;...
Sometimes Old Family Stories Are True
I grew up in a family as wonderful and loving as anyone could want. As close as we were, however, we lacked one thing: a sense of family...
Welcome to 2020 - Happy New Year!
Clever, but Not Clever Enough
Since my birthday, when I received the first book in the series, I've been delighting in the adventures of Brother Cadfael . I had made...
Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis (Harcourt Brace, 1956) Of his re-telling of the Cupid and Psyche...
A Christmas Gift from Brother Cadfael
Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them....
Atlas V Launch with Starliner Crew Capsule
Early this morning , photographed from our driveway.
The 12 Days of Music History Christmas
It's still Advent—but here's a little fun as you prepare for Christmas, featuring the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Cult of Reason
Having now read Justo Gonzalez' The Story of Christianity , I am condemned to remember the following every time I hear the phrase,...
The Story of Christianity, Volume 2
The Story of Christianity, Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day by Justo L. Gonzalez (HarperOne, 2010) The...
Did You See the Pope?
We spent a week in Rome this September, including a day in Vatican City. We saw fountains and pines, museums and monuments, art and...
Lost in Math
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder (Basic Books, 2018) This is my son-in-law's book,...
Preparing for Christmas
I wrote this in 2011 and it seems no less appropriate now. If you're curious, you can click on this link to see the comments...
Wisdom from Brother Cadfael
Mortal man should be able and willing to delegate at any moment, since mortal he is. — Brother Cadfael (Ellis Peters,...
The Privilege of Health
Years ago, I read of the experiences of a volunteer who moved to an impoverished country in an effort to make a positive difference in...
Candida Toothpaste?
If you're browsing the toothpaste aisle of your local grocery store, would you do a double-take upon seeing this prominently...
Studies in Words
Studies in Words by C. S. Lewis (Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, first published 1960) As I said previously ,...
A Debt Is a Debt Is a Debt
Rick Steves' audio tours were a mainstay of our recent visit to Rome. They tend to be a bit flippant for my taste, and sometimes a bit...
Dream Job at the Zoo
How do you become Cake Baker to the Pandas at the National Zoo in Washington? You put in your time—a lot of time—as a...
Veterans Day 2019
I recently rediscovered this video from 2014. I loved it then, and I love it now. It was originally a Christmas commercial, but it's...
More on Stephen Hopkins
Who was Stephen Hopkins, the Mayflower passenger who is Porter's 10th great-grandfather ? To me he was just one name out of...
Et Tu, Quintilian?
The following quotation is from C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words . It's not a book aimed at the hoi polloi —those of us...