Bethlehem’s Stable: Bigger (Via Narnia)
My very favorite single line ever written with regard to Christmas is from a work of fiction that never explicitly mentions Christmas. In C.S. Lewis’ closing book of his Narnia […]
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Roundup: Cold Water on Global Warming,and more
This is fascinating evidence that the theory of appreciable, man-caused climate change may be a bunch of hot air: Exclusive: NOAA Relies on ‘Compromised’ Thermometers That Inflate US Warming Trend, […]
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Sunday Reflections: Advent Joy Even Against Hellfire
By Quin Hillyer Excerpts from a column: Consider the third Sunday of Advent as the peaceful, calming lull before the liturgical tempo revs up toward its Christmas Day climax (or […]
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Sunday Reflections: Hanukkah and Advent, Together
(Note: Henceforth, most of my Sunday Reflections will first be published at the excellent and popular site PJ Media, as will occasional other reports or essays of mine pertaining to […]
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Sunday Reflections: Advent
This week’s readings are, as one obviously would expect on the first Sunday of Advent, full of a sense of anticipation. The interesting question is: anticipation of (or for) what? These […]
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Don’t Forget to Give Thanks
Amidst the turkey and football and the pumpkin pie (or whatever else you indulge in), please remember that today is both a day of faith and a day of patriotism. This […]
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Sunday Reflections, November 22: Truth
On the feast day celebrated by many denominations as Christ the King day, the Gospel (John 18:33-37) contains the famous exchange in which Pilate questions Jesus about his alleged kingship […]
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Sunday Reflections: “A Goodly Heritage”
I must admit that this week’s readings leave me a bit flummoxed, and uninspired. Both “Track 1″and “Track 2” seem, as wholes, either not to feature constituent parts that fit […]
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Sunday Reflections, Nov. 8
The readings are taken from Track Two, here. Frankly, I’m not sure why the reading from Hebrews is included, because it doesn’t seem to fit thematically with the others. But […]
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Sunday Reflections: All Saints, and Psalm 24
The Episcopalian and Catholic lectionaries, which often coincide, happen to differ substantially this week — except for Psalm 24, which is common to both today. All the readings, in both […]
