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Fr. Dennis and the Curse of the Jilted Jesuit
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Sounds like the first in a series of mystery stories a la Nancy Drew, doesn’t it? Well, there’s a story, anyway.
Last Sunday, you’ll recall, I had noon mass at the parish where I was baptized, All Saints Church in St. Peter’s, Missouri. As mass began, the pastor came out to briefly introduce me before I [...]
Are the South Park Creators Pro-Life?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008UPDATE: Originally, I used a video from YouTube, which was deleted due to copyright infringement. Turns out that the South Park people make all the clips available on their own website, so I’ve updated this entry.
You decide based on this clip from last night’s South Park episode.
To set you up, Eric Cartman, South Park’s amoral [...]
Desperado. With Monkeys.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Is this song about vocation? Anyway, I love this Johnny Cash cover of Desperado. The monkeys make it even better.
UPDATE: I’ve moved the video into the “Read the rest of this entry” section so it won’t play automatically every time someone comes to my blog. But if you want to see, read the rest of [...]
If They Might Be Giants Had a Song About the Great Schism
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007One of my favorite music acts of the last 20 years is a group called They Might Be Giants. They have something of a “cult” following in the music world, and a few of their songs are popular at our seminary pub, the Unstable, whenever our house band is playing. One of the songs we [...]
And Now for Something Not Completely Different, But Different Enough
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007In 1975, the Monty Python comedy troupe gave us Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which included a scene where King Arthur tries to explain the legitimacy of his authority to someone who doesn’t believe in monarchy.
More recently, Fr. Mike Werkhoven, the pastor at whose parish I am assigned this year when I’m not away [...]