I got my first “fan” who was really just a pr0n account trolling for followers. Blocked and reported, as they say. That kind of garbage will bring the site down faster than anything else. Keep it out of Substack. And if you're engaging in this kind of behavior, you need to start praying that Jesus shows you a better way to use the gifts he gave you.
The past couple days, this scene just keeps playing in my head on a loop.
There seems to be an endless supply of Will Ropers in Conservative, Inc., these days.
This isn’t about JW—but Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson might be one of the greatest director/composer duos, for my money, since Spielberg & Williams. I profiled them and their new project, SINNERS, for the LA Times.
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In the final stages of a (currently very long) essay on Fr. Vincent McNabb O.P., a dominican friar and Catholic radical of the interwar period, deeply influential on Dorothy Day, Chesterton, Maritain and (I strongly suspect) J.R.R. Tolkien. McNabb’s activism was in part an extension of the Arts and Crafts movement’s political expression,…
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I'm currently writing a defense of the revelations of Christ to St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion in response to the attacks from (some) radical traditionalists. Buckle up.
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New from me at : Has the mainstream press “bent the knee” to Trump? Not really (even the Washington Post still provides some pretty hard-hitting coverage), but the dangers are there.
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Michael and Satan Fight for the Body of Moses
Commentaries on the Letter of Jude are more interesting than you might expect. There’s a lot going on in these 459 words. F’rinstance, Jude 9 is a real rabbit hole: ”But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounc…
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He fled violent gangs in El Salvador that were threatening him and his family.
A U.S. court protected him from deportation. He got a work permit, a job, a wife, and three kids. No criminal record. Then ICE deported him anyway—by "mistake"—and dumped him into a Salvadoran prison built to house the very gangs he ran from.
No trial. No heari…
Tomorrow’s post is all about obsession… and crazy dreams.
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This happened in Montana earlier today.
I was on my way to a job interview when I got pulled over by a police officer. Just to set the scene—I’m Native American, and my friend riding with me is Black.
As fate would have it, both of my brake lights decided to stop working at the exact same time. Naturally, as the officer approached, I start…
Illini great Raina Terry suffered an apparent season-ending hand injury on Wednesday during the suddenly hot Columbus Fury's victory over the San Diego Mojo.
All Volleyball! has the report, which includes an item on the first team to pick up an automatic bid to the NCAA men's tournament.
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This is how a Christian acts…. Good for you Erick!
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An early birthday gift: the 1983 second printing hardback edition with slipcase. My relationship with Francis Schaeffer’s writings has evolved somewhat since I first read him (another post for another day), but this much is true: Those books turned my world upside down in high school/college and, along with C.S. Lewis’ work at the same t…
Reading the Odyssey again for the first time since high school (twenty years ago)!!
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I don’t really like debunking things. I enjoy good stories and pious legends. I even think they’re still important when they’re found to be historically untrue, since they tell us something about the faithful. (Fiction is not false. That’s a misunderstanding of both fiction and falsehood.)
Latest casualty: the story of Leo XIII’s vision of Jesus and the devil which allegedly prompted the creation of the St. Michael prayer. It has no basis in fact. It doesn’t even seem to appear prior to the 1930s.
Hey Dems: Start promising retribution.
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Always a pleasure to hear from readers! Take, for instance, this reply to this morning’s newsletter:
“How many times must I unsubscribe to stop getting your emails?”
It’s readers like this that keep me going. #Blessed
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Past Watchful Dragons by Sheffler is a beautiful, wonderful, incredible book. If you love fairy stories, you'll fall in love the world of Erith.
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A good read about miracles. Cameo appearance by Fr. Stanley Jaki for
They are about to live stream the proclamation - here is the link, for anyone interested. https://dlive.tv/gesichtzeigen
Yes - Robert and Jill - you were born for such a time as this. I am in tears - not sad years, but tears of profound gratitude.
It indeed is "a time of rebirth and hope". I will try not to get "caught up in the grief". I will forgive my brothers "whether they seek it or not". I am grateful that my church has "a commitment to community". And yes, "we are the seeds of regeneration and rebirth."
I wish I could have been there to hear you say these words live. Safe travels to you and Jill. A blessed Christmas to you and those you love.
This is the dawn of a new age of mankind.
I feel you
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