A few posts ago, Anonymous left an entertaining comment which he concluded by encouraging me, a former strident atheist, to give up belief in my "invisible sky-man", a delusion that's keeping me from complete happiness (I wondered what was doing that). I like that phrase "invisible sky-man". I would have used it myself when I was an [...]
What is unreality? It is the greatest threat to our relationship to a God who is Truth. Some examples ... Most actors in St. Louis, even if talented, are unprofessional - in the derogatory sense of that word. They know they'll probably never make a living at their craft, and so they don't take it seriously. [...]
Bad as things are, and bad as they're going to get, there are at least three great writers out there who are Catholic, reasonable, good writers, and not afraid to speak the truth. Today people emailed me links to three of the best articles I've read in a long time. The first, by Anthony Esolen, in [...]
I will be performing as Hilaire Belloc a lecture on "The Great Heresies" on Sunday, August 26 in St. Louis. Be sure to come! My friend Dale Ahlquist said, "Everyone in America should see this show." The following comes from the Credo website - The Church has dealt with heresies since Pentecost: Arians denied the Divinity of [...]
If you signed up for our newsletter, you'll be getting this via email shortly ... ____________________________________________________ Kevin O'Brien and Marcus Grodi get Deep in Scripture? Many of you saw Kevin O'Brien, founder of the Theater of the Word Incorporated, on EWTN's The Journey Home this week. But a lot you don't get Catholic Radio, and so you [...]
Many of you saw me on EWTN's The Journey Home this week. But a lot you don't get Catholic Radio, and so you miss Marcus Grodi's excellent program Deep in Scripture, in which he interviews guests about Scripture passages that they find significantly meaningful. And guess what? Thanks to the magic of the internet, the radio [...]
Joseph's post below reminded me that yesterday although I described in detail the indescribable American Chesterton Society Conference in Reno, Nevada, what I failed to mention was that I presented a paper at the Conference on Chesterton and Shakespeare. In the paper I make the claim that there's only one way to read Shakespeare, and that's [...]
The Dying Man "Who are you? I want to thank you," he whispered, lying there. On the side of the busy street. "Don't worry about that. Just pray for me," I replied. He sat up. Or tried to. "Are you a Christian?" he asked. "Yes." "So am I," he said. And he relaxed and faded back into [...]
OK, I can understand young girls getting a secret thrill out of Ayn Rand - Rand's novels are Hallmark Movies on steroids, where the shirtless heroes are selfish geniuses who take what they want when they want it and ride off into the sunset on some powerful and muscular horse, snorting along the way (the horse, [...]
Kevin O'Brien, founder of the Theater of the Word Incorporated, will be featured on EWTN's The Journey Home on Monday, August 6 at 8:00 pm Eastern time (7:00 Central). Kevin recounts his journey from atheism to the Catholic Church, which began with his experiences on stage; and he and host Marcus Grodi discuss many things, including [...]
