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Brian H. Gill
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"The Princess and the Goblin" is a classic - at least in the sense that it's been re-published many times since 1871, with enough folks buying the reprints to justify yet another reprinting. The story can be, and has been, described as ...tagged: science-fiction-and-fantasy and faith-belief-religionBarron's book is an intelligent, informed look at Catholicism's first two millennia. "Catholicicsm" is "A Journey to the Heart of the Faith" in the sense that Barron touches on the core, the basics, of what the Catholic Church is and ha...tagged: faith-belief-religionby Ellis PetersIf you've seen the 1997 Derek Jacobi Central Independent Television/ITV screen adaptation of this Ellis Peters novel, you know the setting and general plot. The mystery is set in England's Shrewsbury region, during what folks started ca...tagged: mysteries
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Election-Year Weirdness: An American Tradition
A presidential election is looming in my country. We have one every four years. Maybe I’d get more attention by demonizing or deifying a candidate. Or saying that nobody should vote, because “they” put subliminal messages in ballots. Oddly enough, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, citizenship, faith, faith and works, history, life issues, politics, tolerance
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Celebrating during a Pandemic
This Saturday is the Fourth of July: America’s Independence Day. It’s a day for picnics and parades, barbecues and ice cream. We celebrate with fireworks and carnivals, picnics and concerts, fairs and baseball games. Usually. This year will be different. … Continue reading
Posted in discursive detours
Tagged America, coronavirus, COVID-19, health, holidays, Independence Day, tolerance
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Floyd, Signs and Statues
Derek Chauvin, a police officer, killed George Floyd about a month ago. I don’t know whether a court will call that homicide a murder, or assign some other label. I do know that there was and is no apparent excuse … Continue reading
Posted in discursive detours
Tagged America, free will, freedom of expression, getting a grip, history, Minnesota, original sin, social justice, tolerance
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Christchurch: Headcam at the Mosques
You’ve almost certainly seen the news by now. Someone killed more than four dozen folks at a Friday afternoon prayer meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. One attack was east of the city’s center, the other west. Both were about a … Continue reading