Archive for February, 2010

The Sea of Holes

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Have you ever tried to imagine a world without evil? One of the things that gets in the way is that you first have to define just what evil is, and that is a very slippery thing indeed.
Does evil require intention? One of the things I was taught as a young Catholic was […]

Modesty Plays

Friday, February 19th, 2010

The winter Olympics are going and I’m not watching. Not for any reason having to do with the Olympics, I’m just not set up to watch TV in my house and I’m not interested enough to find alternate means. But the Olympics have gotten me to thinking about competitions in general, and so […]

Plum Pudding Day

Friday, February 12th, 2010

A good friend of mine read what God and I discussed last time about how we find ways to mark out special birthdays in our lives and wondered about the way we mark out special days during the year. I decided that was an interesting enough area that I took some time out to […]

Older and Sometimes Wiser

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Any ritual that’s been around since before we were born seems like it’s always been and will always be, yet they come and go, they change without us ever really seeing it. Birthdays can be a good occasion to see this in action. Birthdays lend themselves to rituals, both big and small. […]