Nov 30, 2011

Maybe the real question is, would we recognize free will if we saw it? What we call “free will” here and now is actually a broken version of real freedom.

Nov 28, 2011

Who can describe our astonishment, when a few days after our first Thanksgiving Day we heard from a loudspeaker in a large department store the melody of "Silent Night"!

Nov 28, 2011

Advent Conspiracy is an international movement restoring the scandal of Christmas by substituting compassion for consumption.

Nov 28, 2011

Advent is the 40 day period prior to Nativity during which we prepare ourselves for the coming of the Messiah. It is a period of fasting, prayer and participation in the church services and sacraments to help us understand the full meaning of Christ’s coming.

Nov 24, 2011

Where has this idea been all my life?

Nov 24, 2011

Everlasting King, Thy will for our salvation is full of power. Thy right arm controls the whole course of human life. We give Thee thanks for all Thy mercies, seen and unseen...

Nov 21, 2011

And so the triumph of the cat race was assured.

Nov 13, 2011

In the WSJ, Jonah Lehrer sheds a little light on the real limitations of using brain scans to determine states of mind...

Nov 13, 2011

See previously: LemurSensei. In other news, I now have a use for a lemurs tag. Yay!

Nov 12, 2011

Now some of the women who came begging for alms wore ornaments and bracelets, and this was reported to the patriarch...