I begin an article for the Distributist Review with an imaginary press release from the Branson, Missouri Tourism Office ten years in the future ... “Tourism in Branson is better than ever! We’re noticing that our town has begun to attract vandals who are spray painting the sides of the abandoned theaters on the Strip—as well [...]
I am hearing from devout Catholics who are upset about this story ... An Oklahoma City satanist says he plans to protest the Catholic Church’s beliefs about Jesus’s birth by pouring costume blood over a statue of the Virgin Mary outside of St. Joseph Old Cathedral on Christmas Eve. Adam Daniels says he hopes his display, titled [...]
Talk show host Stephen Colbert puts his Tolkien expertise to use in this funny segment from his show ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Sv0O_6noI
The Four Marks of the Church are these. The Church is 1. One 2. Holy 3. Catholic 4. Apostolic But the Church on earth seems to be the opposite of these four things. The Church as we see it is 1. Not One, but Fragmented and Fractious. 2. Not Holy, but filled with Sin and Sinners. [...]
[Here's an article I posted on my blog back in 2011. I am reproducing it here as it has a few things in common with Joseph Pearce's recent mystical near-death experience. The strange spiritual consolation I describe when I was closest to death is not what I would call "mystical" as it seemed rather ordinary, though surprising. [...]
I have always hated the word “Detachment” and suspected that this virtue is misunderstood in Catholic circles ... (read more in my article for Catholic Exchange)
Here's a fun article from the Duluth News Tribune about the murder mystery shows that I've been performing on board the North Shore Scenic Railroad in Duluth, Minnesota since 2000 (though the article says 2002). The article even quotes one of our biggest fans - Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society! The above photo is [...]
My friend Ken Colston has written for First Things a review of the book A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion by David Scott Kastan. What caught my eye were some of the things Colston quotes Kastan as saying in Kastan's attempt to deny that Shakespeare's plays are religious (my emphasis). “Religion is central in the [...]
Here's a short (and funny) promotional video for my class on Speech and Communications with Homeschool Connections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZtixAUyHfc For more information, visit http://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/ or check out my Tutoring Website.