Category Archives: General

Lovingkindness Never Meant Anything to Me

The title belies the subject matter. The word itself is what doesn’t mean anything to me. I liken it to defining a word using the word which is a no-no. Kindness is loving and loving is kindness, right? Why is … Continue reading

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AI Can Stand for Alien Intelligence, You Know

This blog is based on a March 2026 Harper’s Magazine article by Sam Kriss entitled “Child’s Play – Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking.” If my thoughts are scattered it may because I don’t know what I’m taking … Continue reading

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I’m Just a Housewife

“I’m just a Housewife” is on page 24 of Gloria Steinem’s (She is the pretty feminist; Betty Friedan is the ugly one. Not surprisingly they did not get along.) The Feminine Mystique. The quote is in the first chapter titled “The … Continue reading

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What To Make of These Things?

I made the mistake of titling a blog “The Most Controversial Ever” because I couldn’t think of a title before, during, or after writing. One of my sons saw it and wrote, “Which of your posts aren’t controversial?” Well, I … Continue reading

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Adult Confirmation Class 9

After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder Years. What … Continue reading

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Mama  was wrong!

Well, she was right and wrong. As any of my parishioners could tell you, certainly anyone who had been through one of my Adult Confirmation classes, I would use my mother’s ability to ignore my whining as if I wasn’t … Continue reading

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A Message of Bloodshed

Frankly I’m glad I couldn’t find the photograph described here: “In September of 1970, Arafat’s guerrilla warfare corps hijacked four international aircraft and forced them to land in the Jordanian desert, at Dawson’s Field. Jordan’s King Hussein used his army … Continue reading

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Adult Confirmation Class 5

After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder Years. What … Continue reading

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Adult Confirmation Class 4

After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder Years. What … Continue reading

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Adult Confirmation Class 3

After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder … Continue reading

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