Archive for February, 2007

“They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard!” Music Video

February 28th, 2007

On YouTube, here. A good laugh to get your day going.

The KGB and The Deputy?

February 27th, 2007

This London Times article brought a “Wow” to my lips that no Microsoft OS could ever induce, no matter how many bells and whistles. It alleges that there is evidence that this whole academic fad involving the notion that Pius XII was a closet antisemite and Hitler supporter, who not only did nothing [...]

Become who you are: Action (#7)

February 22nd, 2007

One Step Enough
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home;
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet;
I do not ask to see the distant scene;
One step enough for me.
—first stanza of John Henry Newman’s “Lead Kindly Light”
John Henry Newman’s [...]

“Substantially Catholic” Summer Seminar…

February 21st, 2007

…at Marist College in New York this June on the topics of Beauty, the Church, Catholic fiction, and Society. (Go here for a list of the Presentation Topics). Presenters include Robert Kiely, an English lit prof at Harvard, and Greg Wolfe of Image Journal, who is always worth listening to on the subject of faith [...]

The Power and the Glory and the Culture of Death

February 19th, 2007

Rachel and I are longstanding members of a Mythopoeic Society reading group. Most of the time we focus on the works of the Inklings (Tolkien, Lewis, et al), or works that influenced or were influenced by the Inklings, but we branch out from time to time to read other stuff, particularly works of great fiction [...]