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From The Drama of Atheist Humanism
"Christians have not been promised that hey will always be in the majority."
A Lesson in Forgiveness and Humility and Letting Go of a 35 Year Long Grudge
It’s been 35 years and I have finally forgiven...
Book Review: Amos Fortune: Free Man
by Elizabeth Yates This book was excellent! One of my favorite things about the curriculum we use is the heavy use of...
From Charles Dickens
"...as easily lost as gossamer."
George Washington’s World
by Genevieve Foster I read this with my son for his history class. The concept of this book was very cool. It went through the main stages of George...
From Orthodoxy
Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures...
Putting the Hallowed back in Halloween
My Childhood Halloweens As a kid in a non-religious household, I enjoyed all the secular aspects of Halloween. the art projects at school my...
Happy Feasts of Saint Jude and Saint Simon!
Saint Jude was one of the 12 apostles and became a very powerful intercessor so anxious was he to prove he wasn’t THAT Judas. The flame represents...
From The Habit of Being
"...everything funny I have written is more terrible than it is funny..."
I Am an Extrovert When I Am Running
I always run from social situations and so I found it odd that I am so...
From Charles Dickens
"No pleasures like the pleasures of the poor."
Saint Isaac and the Indians
by Milton Lomask This book was about one of the North American martyrs Saint Isaac Jogues. He was a Jesuit that journeyed from France to Quebec in...