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 We should all have an abiding affection for our church roof—and not just because it keeps out the rain and snow. Back in the early 90s, just before construction got under way, there was some question as to whether the county planning people would permit us to have a roof at all. It happened like . . . → Read More: We are trying to keep a roof over our heads The incompetent narcissists who produce America’s mainstream media have for decades been betraying both the nation and their shareholders—a fact that has been made manifest in the media’s coverage of the run–up to the 2016 Presidential Election. Indeed, it should be clear—beyond all doubt—that it is the media that is primarily responsible for the extraordinarily . . . → Read More: How media betrays the nation and its investors People who have gotten out of the habit of saying their prayers frequently feel self–conscious and embarrassed about taking it up again. But it’s vitally important to make the effort—and by no means solely for the sake of your spiritual health. Scientific studies show that prayer is good for your physical health as well. Patients . . . → Read More: Remember to pray for your life—even if you are busy 
Christians of all persuasions should be deeply concerned about the increasing intolerance being displayed by federal, state, and local governments to some of their most cherished beliefs. Even courts sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution often seem set against the faith. Intolerance is not merely confined to requiring Roman Catholic nuns to provide contraception services, . . . → Read More: Christians need to learn to draw a line at apostasy 
Liturgical fashions change over the years—just like any other fashion. Seventy years ago, for example, it was fashionable for celebrants to say the liturgy as fast as they reasonably could—on the grounds that one makes fewer mistakes when words are read quickly. It’s a reasonable enough hypothesis, but, like any other fashion, there were . . . → Read More: Ecclesiastical advice from irregular (secular) sources 
It is more than a little irritating to be patronised by people less well–read, well–travelled and, arguably, less intelligent than oneself. But I confess the mainstream media manages to do so on a daily basis—particularly in the realm of religion, for which read ‘Christianity’. When, for example, Christianity is discussed in print, television, and movies, . . . → Read More: Mainstream media just doesn’t get it Just as reports of Mark Twain’s death were decidedly premature, so are rumours of my imminent retirement as rector of the parish. Indeed they are a timely reminder that the prophetic track record of analysts in the field of parsonology is no better than that of those working in the spheres of economics, politics, foreign . . . → Read More: Rumours of my retirement are decidedly premature 
Economics was dubbed ‘the Dismal Science’ by the famous Victorian historian Dr Thomas Carlyle. It was his response to the economist-cum-prophet of gloom Thomas Malthus, who claimed that a constantly expanding world population would cause perpetual shortages of resources and produce widespread misery. Milton Friedman (1912–006) Carlyle was well qualified to make . . . → Read More: The Dismal Science and the Prophets of Gloom A young woman buttonholed me at the market last week with a request to join her group to lobby the federal government to take more drastic action to combat climate change. She was a bit vague on how she believed the climate was changing, but she seemed to think global warming was the most likely . . . → Read More: The changeable climate of climate change When the United States was founded as a representative republic, governed upon democratic principles, Austria, and most German states, were members of the Holy Roman Empire; Russia was ruled by an empress, a.k.a. the Autocrat of All the Russias; France was ruled by an absolute monarch; the Middle East was largely under the despotic sway . . . → Read More: Reflections upon the Fourth of July |
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