Senator John Forbes Mitty?

Seeing as how I've already impugned the sanity of one Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States of America, I shall refrain from making it two.

Another, however, does not refrain.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 08/11/04 08:30:33 PM
Categorized as Political.

"Practice Makes Perfect"

A nice article in the Tribune-Review, Aug. 8, starts with a profile of my neighbor, Beckie Evans:

The school bell isn't ringing quite yet, but plenty of students at area high schools are spending time on campus getting ready for the school year.

Rebecca Evans, of Roscoe, wakes to the sound of her alarm clock between 6 and 6:30 a.m. to feed her cat, have a bowl of cereal and get ready for a day of drills, marching and fine-tuning the California Area High School Band....

Beckie is on the right, though the pop-up on the Trib's page says she's on the left. And, I'm telling you, the picture does her no justice whatever: you can't tell from it that she is Gorgeous Beyond Words.

She's cool. She's very smart and industrious. She's one of our lectors, too.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 08/11/04 06:37:13 PM
Categorized as Social/Cultural.

Newman Against the Liberals

Ven. John Henry Newman died this day, August 11, 1890.

In 1978, Michael Davies brought out Newman Against the Liberals: 25 Classic Sermons, his selection from the cardinal's Parochial and Plain Sermons that refute "liberal" religious positions — that is, positions that deny the divine revelation, the supernatural, and the dogmatic in religion.

Here follow these sermons at Newman Reader.

Order By Date Preached or Written

• Infant Baptism

• The World Our Enemy
• The Christian Mysteries
• Times of Private Prayer
• Forms of Private Prayer

• Faith and Obedience
• Steadfastness in the Old Paths
• The Duty of Self-Denial
• The Self-Wise Inquirer

• Ceremonies of the Church
• Witnesses of the Resurrection
• Religious Cowardice

• The Religion of the Day
• Jewish Zeal, a Pattern to Christians
• The Incarnation
• Mysteries in Religion
• The Gospel, a Trust Committed to Us
• Tolerance of Religious Error

• The Humiliation of the Eternal Son
• The Incarnate Son, a Sufferer and a Sacrifice
• Christ, the Son of God Made Man

• Many Called, Few Chosen

• The Eucharistic Presence

• The Yoke of Christ

• The Cross of Christ the Measure of the World

Order by Publication

• The Christian Mysteries
• The Self-Wise Inquirer
• Times of Private Prayer
• Forms of Private Prayer
• Witnesses of the Resurrection
• The Religion of the Day

• The Incarnation
• Ceremonies of the Church
• Religious Cowardice
• Mysteries in Religion
• The Gospel, a Trust Committed to Us
• Tolerance of Religious Error

• Faith and Obedience
• The Humiliation of the Eternal Son
• Jewish Zeal, a Pattern to Christians

• Many Called, Few Chosen

• Christ, the Son of God Made Man
• The Incarnate Son, a Sufferer and a Sacrifice
• The Cross of Christ the Measure of the World
• The Eucharistic Presence

• The World Our Enemy
• The Duty of Self-Denial
• The Yoke of Christ
• Infant Baptism
• Steadfastness in the Old Paths

See also Lenten Related Sermons and Easter Related Sermons.

And see also On August 11, 1890 and On Newman's Anniversary....

P.S. From this mention of Michael Davies, nothing should be construed about my opinion(s) of him or his ideas or writings. I merely cite him as the editor of a specific collection of Newman's sermons.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 08/11/04 05:43:08 PM
Categorized as Historical & Literary & Most Notable & Religious & Speeches and Suchlike.

"How I Know That The King James Bible Is The Word Of God"

I was reminded this morning of one of my all-time favorite webpages. Enjoy. :-)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 08/11/04 07:01:06 AM
Categorized as Religious.

Amber Frey

I can't say that I pay much attention to the trial of the murderer Scott Peterson. But it's hard to be connected without seeing and/or hearing something about it. Like, every day.

It seems to me that, so far, Amber Frey's testimony can be summed up as follows:

Sure, I'm a stupid blonde slut. But, do I look good?

P.S. I think the inordinate amount of attention paid to the Peterson & Bryant & Hacking stories just goes to show how unserious America is about the war on terrorism.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 08/11/04 06:48:15 AM
Categorized as Social/Cultural.

QandO

Vide.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 08/11/04 06:37:48 AM
Categorized as Blogosphere Stuff.