“A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying Him…. The more a tree is like itself, the more it is like Him…. This particular tree will give glory to God by spreading out [...]
Archive for February, 2009
A thought from Father Thomas Merton
Posted in Catholic, tagged new seeds of contemplation, Thomas Merton on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Al-Qaeda founder launches fierce attack on Osama bin Laden
Posted in Public interest, tagged Al-Qaeda, islam, osama bin ladin, Sayyid Imam al-Sharif on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of this depends on whether or not this story will get picked up in the Muslim world, but that being said it is potentially significant that the theological founder of their movement thinks they are going the wrong way.
Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, who goes by the nom de guerre Dr Fadl, helped bin [...]
I was going to blog about the Michael Phelps’ pot fiasco….
Posted in Public interest, tagged Drugs, michael phelps, pot, Saturday Night Live on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
but it turned out that Saturday Night Live said it better than I could….
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A new Patriarch for the Russian Church
Posted in Orthodox Church, tagged Catholicism, Christanity, Eastern Orthodox, religion, russia on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By now anyone who knows me, knows that I have a thing for Eastern Orthodoxy, so I’ll tend to cover them more than most Catholics would. That being said this could be a HUGE event, because Pope Benedict has met with Patriarch Kirill several times before he became head of the Russian Church. He was [...]
