Opinion Archives — Thoughts, ideas, ideals, ramblings, rants, raves…
· 26 October 2006 | 342 words
I rarely comment about political issues in this journal, but I have to note my revulsion to the new "fence" on the US-Mexico border. Bush recently signed a bill for the US to start building a 700-mile "fence" along the...
· 10 April 2006 | 22 words
"In support of human dignity and the rights of immigrants, with and without documents." -- April 10 Mobilization. [via] ...
· 11 March 2006 | 286 words
I do not do many memes, but I like this one found at Happy Catholic. 1. Who is your favorite Biblical personage, other than Jesus? It is hard to narrow down to one person. Near the top of the list...
· 9 January 2006 | 243 words
TSO links to an opinion piece by George Will on sport team nicknames. Will comments that it is a misguided sense of political correctness that is pushing this issue of sport teams like the Illini, Seminoles, Braves, etc. are insults...
· 15 November 2004 | 1249 words
A recent quote from a Bruderhof's Daily Dig got me to thinking about indifference: I think the greatest source of danger in this world is indifference. I have always believed that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference....
· 5 November 2004 | 249 words
Steve at Catholicism, Spirituality & Holiness posted the following quote: "Unhappy the land that has no heroes," says a character in a Bertolt Brecht play. "No," replies another. "Unhappy the land that needs heroes." It's time to bring management and...
· 13 July 2004 | 40 words
In the worst of times, the human spirit, with God's help, does the best things. Karen Marie relays such one remarkable story of mercy and forgiveness called "With My Own Eyes" by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand. This is a must read....
· 20 June 2004 | 233 words
Karen at Raw Faith links to piece called Holy Indifference (see Chittister's full article). I agree with this piece except for one line in the second-to-last paragraph: Nothing lasts. No single thing can consume our entire life's meaning. No single...
· 15 June 2004 | 574 words
In a comment to my previous entry, Karen asked a question regarding anonymity, spirituality, and weblogging. My reply was too long. It deserved it's own journal entry. Do you see blogging as being antithetical to this sort of anonymity? Yes...
· 27 May 2004 | 1323 words
It is the very nature of the Bible to affront, perplex and astonish the human mind. Hence the reader who opens the Bible must be prepared for disorientation, confusion, incomprehension, perhaps outrage. -- Thomas Merton A couple of days ago,...
· 30 March 2004 | 640 words
Rumor has it You love me Rumor has it the world spins upside down Rumor has it my only hope is in You And the rumors are true I turn everything over The above lines from a Switchfoot song keeps...
· 13 March 2004 | 669 words
A few comments about particulars of the movie, The Passion of the Christ... Warning: If you have not seen the movie, there are spoilers below....
· 13 March 2004 | 557 words
I saw the movie, The Passion of the Christ. I was not going to comment on it, but......
· 11 March 2004 | 141 words
Do you have a bumper sticker on your car? I don't. Never found one that perfectly expressed my attitude or opinion. Do you remember those bumper stickers a couple of years ago that read, "Shit Happens"? I always thought that...
· 23 February 2004 | 227 words
Hung Thanh Le© Okla. Dept. of Corrections Please pray for a stay of execution for Hung Thanh Le. He is scheduled for execution on Thursday in Oklahoma. Regardless of your position on capital punishment, there seems to be some issues...
· 17 February 2004 | 806 words
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot not think of the wine we will become. -- Henri Nouwen Last week, I posted a journal entry about how I felt "the weight of darkness looming at the edge of depression."...
· 10 February 2004 | 110 words
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go. -- Georges Gurdjieff
· 7 February 2004 | 997 words
I do not like this quote from Blake. It has become an irritation to me like a burr under a horse's saddle. The idea that "my flesh is a prison" is a negative attitude about the body. Who said the body was bad? Doesn't the Bible say that the body is a temple? I understand that Blake is alluding to the fact that the body is the cause of a great many sins due to its impulses and urges. I can even see how the body is a limit or a boundary to many things, such as the complete union of a man and woman.
· 31 December 2003 | 60 words
As my dad warns, New Year's Eve is amateur drinking night. Be careful, be safe. 2004 is another year full of grand adventure! Are you going to maximize your potential? Or are you going to be a minimalist and just...
· 3 December 2003 | 712 words
One touchy area (sorry, pun intended) has always been whether a congregation holds hands during the Our Father. The new, minor changes to the Liturgy do not address this issue. Some parishes hold hands, others do not. It does not exactly make one way right and the other wrong. It is the preference of that community. I can accept that, whatever it may be. But...
· 24 October 2003 | 12 words
This story just made me sick to my stomach. God help us....
· 12 August 2003 | 794 words
Over this past weekend, I felt compelled to get involved in an ethical debate on abortion in the comment section of Gil Milbauer's weblog A Reasonable Man. The discussion has been mostly cool-headed with a couple stimulating comments from others....
· 30 May 2003 | 316 words
I was wondering why the Bush administration pushed through a tax cut in such hard economic times and ever increasing budget deficits. I don't remember anybody complaining too much about taxes. I don't understand much about finances, but it seems...
· 8 April 2003 | 600 words
Last night, the Oklahoma City Board of Education laid off 380 certified teachers. (Actually, "laid off" is not the proper term. These teachers will not have their contracts renewed for next year.) Two suburban districts let go of 100-120 certified...
· 30 March 2003 | 62 words
It is Day 12 of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The news reports are talking about another 100,000 U.S. troops being sent to Iraq to help topple Saddam Hussein's regime. Some reporter made the comment that this will most likely push the...
· 20 March 2003 | 103 words
Today I was trapped for two hours in a doctor's office (see why), forced to watch Dan Rather on CBS and his merry band of talking heads discussing the war. They kept rehashing what little information there was at this...
· 18 March 2003 | 227 words
President Bush has backed Saddam Hussein into a corner. Saddam has demonstrated that he can be ruthless in the treatment of his enemies and to his own people. For the last 15-20 years, he has tried to develop and obtain...
· 18 March 2003 | 321 words
President Bush is playing a game of high stakes poker. He has bet his political career, his administration, his place in history, and the future of American foreign policy and position on the world scene all on this showdown with...
· 17 March 2003 | 517 words
Well, today is the date for the last day of diplomacy for Iraq as stated by President Bush. It is all over the news that goverments from around the world are starting to pull out their diplomats from their embassies...
· 15 March 2003 | 801 words
The Achilles’ heel of the modern, scientific view of the world is that it does not embrace the spiritual side of things.
· 1 January 2003 | 184 words
Well, here I am, finally joining the blog habit too. I really don't care for the term blog. I know it's short for weblog, but the sound of it is too harsh for my ears. Blog sounds like blob, which...
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