Is Abortion Worse than an Unjust War? How to Think About Voting

For Christians who have the Ballot Box Blues–vote against abortion (for Bush) or against war (for Kerry), or, for some, avoid voting for the greater evil–Professor J. Budziszewski clarifies it for us.
[Via Touchstone's Mere Comments]

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Single-Issue Voting?

Walking about as I do, in academic settings, when I encounter thoughtful and conservative Christians, I sometimes find them apologetic about their pro-life/anti-abortion stance. They don’t want to be known as “single-issue” voters. Because, among the intelligentsia–who graciously, and for the price of this semester’s tuition, let an ignoramus like me walk among [...]

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The Fatherhood Chronicles LI

My chance to be publicly and unashamedly proud:
Instructional Eucharist
Today’s Eucahrist service was, for me, extremely instructional. I learned absolutely nothing about the liturgy, nothing about the lessons or the Gospel, nothing about ecclesiology. In fact, I learned nothing at all about anything that had to do with the church.
I learned about babies.
So, Clifton and his [...]

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Autumnal Longings

About a month ago it was the autumnal equinox, the first day of autumn. At that time, the crisp, cool mornings of fall had not yet begun. Since then finally the leaves begin to fall. Autumnal things have begun to happen. School has started again. Football is in full swing. [...]

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More Answers to Prayer

St. John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, and spiritual father to one of my own patrons, Father Seraphim of Platina, continues to intercede powerfully for the Healy family.
As I’ve noted in an earlier post, I’ve taken on asking St. John to pray for me that I would always be able to adequately [...]

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The Fatherhood Chronicles L

Catechizing Sofie
As a new father (only fourteen months under my belt), I am learning things I never knew before. There’s the Third Law of Wet Wipes which states that the actual number of wet wipes needed to clean a bottom after a poopy diaper will be in proportionately inverse ratio to the actual number [...]

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Father Seraphim Books

Yesterday, I received in the mail the four books I’d ordered from St. Herman Press, all by my patron, Father Seraphim Rose:
The Soul After Death
The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church
God’s Revelation to the Human Heart
Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future
I’ve read all these before (see list below), having checked them out [...]

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The Fatherhood Chronicles XLIX

The following are some photos from our trip a week and a half ago to Goebbert’s Pumpkin Farms.

Here’s momma and Sofie looking at the chickens. Sofie was particularly enamoured of the lightning-quick chicks.

Me and Sofie with llamas. Sofie liked the llamas best of all. She likes big dogs–Jeff and Catherine’s Sydney, Mitch [...]

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The Fatherhood Chronicles XLVIII

Playing Mr. Mom
I scheduled a vacation day today last week. I felt it would be good to have a whole day to spend grading final exams and final papers. But then reality stepped in.
Sofie got sick. She has a mild cold, which has her feeling poorly, but hasn’t diminished her energy and [...]

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The Coherence of Christian Theology VI

The Incarnation and the Church
The Incarnation is not only the dogmatic center from which the spokes of the Trinity, union with God, and the Resurrection extend, but it is the doctrinal foundation of the Church as well. In fact, I do not think it too hyperbolic to state that ecclesiology is Christology. What [...]

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