"When Jane left the hill-top village of St. Anne’s and came down to the station she found that, even down…
Pro-Abortion Advocates celebrate a victory in New York
“The #ReproductiveHealthAct is now law in New York State. We lit the spire pink to celebrate.” -Mayor Cuomo of New…
My Pulpit is an Operating Table.
Praying for people after sermons like Sunday’s is brutal. I confess, I’m not a safe and predictable preacher, I go…
Chesterton on Dickens: The 3 Notes of Christmas
GK Chesterton, one of Christendom’s most gifted writers, explores three ‘notes of Christmas’ in his essay: ‘Christmas Boods” in it…
I Still Believe in the Story within the Stories
The Biblical nativity story (Luke 2:1-20) is the rich and nourishing soil from which many of our cultural traditions have…
A Defense of All Things Christmas
“The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with…
G.K. Chesterton on Santa Claus:
“What has happened to me has been the very reverse of what appears to be the experience of most of…
In Defense of Neptune, Evangelistic Freedom & Beards
I heard this week that one of my sins in the public domain is my use of my blog banner…
The edge of my Oblivion
You are my black hole, the gravitational pull is excruciating, my discovery is alarming, a sinking realization that I can…
I’m not ashamed to be a Pilgrim ancestor
Francis Cook, my ancestor, was one of the passengers on the Mayflower. My ancestor’s survival and heritage is directly linked…