I suppose this goes in the category of BSP, but you’ll forgive me for bringing Rae Stabosz’s blogs of October 21 and October 24 to your attention. She has some awfully nice things to say about The Mystery of Things.
Moreover, while it is always wonderful for a writer to have someone praise one’s writing, [...]

I couldn’t help but notice (and mentally juxtapose) two online articles about the inroads of Left Behind ideas and “entertainment”—think about it!—among Christians. First, there’s this Yahoo news article about faith-based projects in Hollywood, and then this GodSpy critique of Left Behind theology by Charles Moore.
Reading them reminded me of a conversation I recently [...]

I just stumbled across an interesting blog by theatre critic Terry Teachout on Evelyn Waugh’s classic Catholic novel Brideshead Revisited. Apparently Waugh saw fit to edit the novel down a bit from the edition we normally see in America, and Teachout gives some interesting examples.
Not being much of a minimalist myself, I’m inclined to think, [...]

In the “if-this-doesn’t-make-you-a-medievalist-I-don’t-know-what-will” category, here’s a Slate article by Witold Rybczynski about the art and architecture of worship, such as it is, being produced by our Great Postmodern Society.
Rybczynski is the author of a terrific little book called The Most Beautiful House in the World espousing principles of beauty marrying comfort and community that [...]

Y’all should trot over to the new site of my fellow GodSpy-er, John Zmirak, co-author of a new book titled The Bad Catholic’s Guide to Good Living. I haven’t read the book yet, but trust me, the home page animation alone is worth the price of admission!