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On Personhood

Posted in Abortion on Wednesday, 28 April 2004 | 12 Comments »

I want to offer a thought or two on personhood. What got me thinking was the recent pro-abortion rally in Washington, D. C. Though it is tempting to rant on some of the excesses in evidence at the rally (not the least of which was not allowing the women who’d had had abortions [...]

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The Fatherhood Chronicles XXXVI

Posted in The Fatherhood Chronicles on Saturday, 24 April 2004 | 3 Comments »

We live each of these days under the shadow of mortality. This is a damnable thing, a thing to be hated.
Yesterday, after work, I walked to the bookstore and there met my wife and daughter. Sofie, in Anna’s arms, saw me as I came up to them. She smiled and raised her [...]

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Faith, Reason, Knowledge III

Posted in Faith, Reason, Knowledge on Friday, 23 April 2004 | Comments Off

One of the important matters related to this understanding of the relationship between faith, reason and knowledge is our ability to know God, and to know God we must come to some conclusion about whether or not he exists. If it is granted that he does exist, then what are his attributes? How [...]

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Men and Church

Posted in Ecclesiology on Thursday, 22 April 2004 | 5 Comments »

Jennifer, et. al., are wondering about the feminization factor in mainline Christianity and what churches generally need to do to attract men.
Here’s one man’s reflections.
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The Fatherhood Chronicles XXXV

Posted in The Fatherhood Chronicles on Wednesday, 21 April 2004 | 3 Comments »

I had not intended to do any blogging till after 5pm today (when my grades are due), but Sofie didn’t synchronize her sleep schedule with my grading today. She’s up. I really can’t focus on grading. She’s in her bouncy saucer next to me at the computer, and seems content for a [...]

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Well, If I Do Say So Myself, I Never Took This Advice

Posted in Humor, Or Laughing My Fool Head Off on Wednesday, 21 April 2004 | 3 Comments »

[Yep, that's me: Outraging women and feminists everywhere!]
If You Want To Be Happy
CHORUS
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
so for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you (repeat)
A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall
As [...]

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Faith, Reason, Knowledge II

Posted in Faith, Reason, Knowledge on Tuesday, 13 April 2004 | No Comments »

Christ is risen!
The Union of Faith and Reason
One need not spend much time talking about faith and reason before encountering the split between them. From questions about whether or not it’s possible to “prove” the existence of God, to whether or not the Genesis account can be taken as a “literal” description of the [...]

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Bright Monday: Reflections on the End of Holy Week

Posted in Orthodoxy, The Journey to Antioch on Monday, 12 April 2004 | 5 Comments »

Christ is risen!
The Healy’s began their part of the intensive Orthodox Holy Week services with Good Friday Matins, which was celebrated Thursday evening. The Twelve Gospels are read and hymns sung for what was a liturgy lasting more than two and a half hours. During this service–in which the entire nave is dark, [...]

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The Fatherhood Chronicles XXXIV

Posted in The Fatherhood Chronicles on Monday, 5 April 2004 | 6 Comments »

We interrupt this blogging silence to bring you our little Easter girl (her seven month pics).

(Come on. You didn’t expect me to sit on these till after Pascha, did you?)

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Faith, Reason, Knowledge I

Posted in Faith, Reason, Knowledge on Friday, 2 April 2004 | 4 Comments »

Introduction
This past winter (yes, it’s officially spring, though one barely can tell here in Chicago) I reflected on what it meant for a Christian to think faithfully, that is to say, what foundations lay under a Christian’s mind in the various tasks of thinking. I would like to turn my attention now to a [...]

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