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Archive for January, 2008

Iliad Pronunciation Guide, for the Richmond Lattimore translation

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Classic Audiobooks

Appearing on my mp3 player (courtesy of the good folks at Librivox.org) Aristotle, Poetics (Ingram Bywater translation) Homer, The Iliad (Samuel Butler translation) Homer, The Odyssey (Butler translation) Plato, The Apology (Benjamin Jowett translation) Plato, Euthyphro (Jowett translation) Plato, Ion (Jowett translation) Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War (Richard Crowley translation) Other: Dante, The Divine Comedy (Henry [...]

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Podcasts Recently Discovered

Check out: Podcasts | Icon New Media Network [H/T: Western Orthodoxy]

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Kansas and the Transfiguration of Longing

Kansas is always between. West coast, east coast. North Dakota and Texas. On the way to somewhere else. For non-natives, a place to travel through, but not to stay. It is surely a divine prank that the largest industry in the largest city of the state is aircraft manufacturing. Kansas, flyover country, some call it. [...]

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U2, 40

[From my buddy, Tripp]

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It’s an intentionally provocative title, so let me clarify what is and isn’t meant. But first let me say that this post will not explore in any great detail the relationship between the Church and the state, though such talk will nonetheless be inescapable. I will not here entertain acceptance of or defend against various [...]

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The Dead Ends of Protestantism

On a message board for former church of Christ (Restoration Movement) converts to Orthodoxy, a thread was started by those who wondered about ever having doubts about Orthodoxy. I gave the following reply, which I want to explore a bit more in this post: For myself, when it comes to the Orthodox Church, I have [...]

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[Previous reflections, including a brief historical context, are to be found here.] These are the reflections of someone particularly ignorant about such deep matters, let alone of this specific Church Father. There are others who are much more knowledgeable than me. What I will attempt with these reflections is to bring together the deep theology [...]

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Found this while searching for Tim Hawkins stuff on Youtube: If GNR did a McDonald’s commercial: Music clip (tied in with real GNR footage) is from a larger piece: Kids Rock

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More: Tim Hawkins Comedy [Dare to compare]

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