On a silent spring night two weeks ago a husband and father of two healthy boys strangled his wife and sons in his suburban St. Louis area home, a crime he had premeditated weeks in advance, having concocted fake death threats he claimed were sent to him because of his work as head of security for [...]
Eleanor Bourg Donlan below writes a wonderfully curmudgeonly attack on Facebook, the strange vacuity that is the hit of the internet. I, too, have some reflections on the Facebook fad, having been FB-ing for a few months now.The first thing a new Facebook user notices is that there’s nothing there. My first set of friends were [...]
If the Gospels were works of fiction, one of the many things that would be difficult to explain about them would be how well they complete the Old Testament. There are so many threads in the Old Testament that are only tied together in the New that one staggers at the happenstance that could lead mere [...]
This was sent to me by Fr. Glen Mullan of Corpus Christi, Texas ... "The following quotation is, to my mind, one of the most powerful, eloquent, and lucid commentaries on the current abortion industry, and the horror of human embryonic stem cell research that is now being implemented heart-and-soul in our nation by the Obama administration: 'It [...]
The heartland of America has changed.This week my actors and I had a one day tour to central Iowa. Our route from St. Louis took us through Hannibal, Missouri, home town of Mark Twain. In my youth, Missourians were proud of Twain, the curmudgeonly author whose Huckleberry Finn remains a masterpiece of American literature. He was [...]
Thanks to Joseph Pierce, who below urges readers to check out my videos of Stanford Nutting (who stands for nothing), aging hippie theologian. I thought I'd provide the actual links to make things easier for folks who like this kind of thing: Meet Stanford Nutting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBCwYJU5IMg&feature=channel_page Stanford Nutting, Author - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dD2d8zL4bg&feature=channel_page Stanford is based on a number [...]
April 4, 2009 – Cincinnati, OhioMy actors and I are staying with the Little Sisters of the Poor in Cincinnati, where we performed last night. We travel to many of the Little Sisters’ homes all over the country, and are very blessed to be doing so. The Little Sisters of the Poor are amazing women – [...]
March 29, 2009 – Chicago, ILThe troupe and I performed two shows today in Chicago, after performing three shows in two days in South Bend, Indiana, at Holy Cross College, just across the street from the now infamous Notre Dame.And the issue at Notre Dame can best be explained by the parable Jesus told of the [...]
March 25 (The Annunciation) – Galesburg, ILThe scene in “Manalive” that we filmed the past two days featured Mark Shea (of “Catholic and Enjoying It” http://www.markshea.blogspot.com/ ) as Innocent Smith and me as Professor Eames, “jerk nihilist” intellectual. In five minutes we combined every emotion you can imagine.Smith approaches Eames privately after class inquiring if the [...]
March 23, 2009 – Savannah, GeorgiaAfter a day at home in St. Louis, the family and I hit the road for Branson, Missouri – a town that continues to embody the best and worst in American culture, from the countless family variety shows with genuine hillbilly humor (the best) to ugly sprawl, time share scams, and [...]
