I think I actually put this gem up on Facebook about a year ago, but it’s just too good to not re-post a second time. This is actually part of a collection called “The Little Folks of Animal Land.” It is over 100 pages full of images such as this.
read moreDavid B. Hart argues that naturalism is incapable of accounting for the reality of that which is, and thus ipso facto eliminates itself as an exhaustive approach to reality: The one thing that a naturalist view of reality cannot encompass is being itself, the very existence of nature; nature, by definition, is what already exists,…
read moreWhile few may doubt my inestimable authority in the field of Wesley studies, I am yet not content to rest on my laurels. Meticulous research- involving countless hours of pouring over the slightest scrap of correspondence, genealogical records, ship manifests, etc.- has uncovered what may be the crowning achievement of my already luminous career: there…
read moreOne of the characteristics of the Renaissance in the West (at the risk of over-generalization) was a fascination with all things classical; that is, the Greco-Roman heritage of both West and East. As the West was reintroduced, to some extent, to this heritage, it would become a locus of art, literature and a host of…
read moreNew video for rezlife this week- Sticks and Stones. This 2 week series for 7th/8th graders is on the things we say, bullying- you know, all those fun middle school issues we all remember so fondly. As I was coming up with a concept for this, I wasn’t having much luck really thinking of anything…
read moreI don’t think this needs any comment. Except to say that people seem to have any easier time taming large cats that can kill you than taming house cats who at worst can leave surprises in your shoes. Of course, that’s not to say the large cats wouldn’t try to leave surprises in your shoes….
read moreper viscera misericordiae Dei nostri in quibus visitavit nos oriens ex alto In these words, (or their Greek equivalent) generations of Christians in both East and West were able to immediately perceive a connection between the faith they professed in the Son of God incarnate and the very physical posture of their worship. As they…
read moreYesterday Megan and I were at her mom’s house carving pumpkins, baking pumpkin seeds and other delectable items. We had our camera along to take some pictures for Megan’s amazing food blog, and I decided to photographically bother one of their dogs. This cute little West Highland Terrier is Molly, and she evidently didn’t mind…
read moreMy brother Joel recently made a sortie into the world of auto-tune, and decided to use as his text a portion of St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation of the Word. Check it out here. FITTING indeed, then, and wholly consonant was the death on the cross for us; and we can see how reasonable it…
read moreThis is the first of what I hope to be a continuing series of paraphrases of the church fathers. Ever since college I have had a fascination with historical theology, and particularly the writings of the ante-Nicene and Nicene church fathers. The English translations that I have, however, were translated in the late 19th century,…
read moreEvery so often, something comes along that changes everything. From that moment forth, the way in which we approach the world can no longer be the same. It is safe to say that such an epochal transition is upon us.
read moreThe Public Domain archives on Wikimedia Commons are a fascinating place. You can find any number of items that will cause you to ponder “What were they thinking?” Of course, the more reflective among us will no doubt extrapolate centuries hence and wonder what sort of reaction future societies will have in regards to the…
read moreFall has been here for a little while, but over the last few days it has been really nice outside. Mid-70′s and clear skies all the way.
read moreFor my 30th birthday party my wife had all the guests make these little square mod podges using magazines, paper and other things like that. It was pretty sweet. I made this in about 6 minutes. I was walking around the kitchen and found some receipts that were from our previous shopping excursion that day….
read moreSometimes life is hard. Such an aphorism may fall off our lips with ease, especially when life is anything but hard, yet in the moments when it is are the moments where such a statement begins to show its weight in our lives. In these moments the reality of such a truism is not questioned,…
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