My gracious friends at Word on Fire asked me to share my conversion story on their blog. They’re posting conversion stories weekly in promotion of a new study guide for Fr. Barron’s “Conversion” DVD, and so far, Carl Olson and J.W. Blakely have submitted some excellent stories. I’m honored to contribute, as Fr. Barron is …
Hi. My name is Brandon Vogt, and I am a bookaholic. I desire wisdom, and therefore seek knowledge, and therefore read, and therefore love books. And here’s another confession: I’m an engineer. I need systems, I need order, and I can’t escape my ‘efficiency’ radar. My mind is like a bloodhound that sniffs out inefficiencies, …
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Marcel over at Aggie Catholics shares the heart-wrenching story of a girl who was physically dragged by her mother to an abortion clinic to kill her unborn child. Thankfully, the courageous young mother resisted: The girl’s mother “was shoving her, hitting her, pushing her. She actually fell on the ground and scraped her leg.” “At …
“Countless people who are caught off guard, children especially, fall in love with Aslan and they often say ‘I love Aslan more than Jesus. Is that bad?’ And Lewis’ answer of course is ‘No. Aslan is Jesus.’ You feel toward Aslan, spontaneously, how Jesus’ contemporaries felt towards Him.” – Peter Kreeft I was elated as …
Next Thursday, according to this article, Pope Benedict XVI will publish a Letter summarizing the recent Synod on the Bible. I can’t wait to read read his reflections. Sandwiched between the Pope’s two momentous books on the life of Christ, I’m hoping this letter eventually leads to an official “Year of the Bible”. Our well-documented …
