Today's topic, courtesy of What The Buck.

" ... the Bible was not written with the intention of governing a nation."
Yes, no, maybe so?

Discuss.

Poll Governing a nation

From the Gmail inbox:

"Dear Alfie ( Read more... )

It does not matter how much you plan, there will always be something to throw a wrench into them. Sorry Heather. I'll catch you in August. Maybe July.

I love Rosebud with every fiber of my being. It is the land of my ancestors. It is my clay, formed with patches alluvial soil and sandhills, blood, grass dances, lodgepole indentations and spilled ( Read more... )

One of the reasons why I think of myself as a heretic is that I constantly question Catholic teaching. It's in me to have faith, but faith can only lend itself to so much before it becomes blind faith, which is worthless in my book ( Read more... )

I've debated about making this a public post, as it really has nothing to do with The Daily Rhythm's renewed purpose, but it does have some relevance with the whole "pathos"-aspect of my writing.

( So I'm compromising with a cut ... )

I've been a bad Catholic this Lent.

I missed Ash Wednesday, willfully.
It wasn't out of any suppressed anger at Holy Mother Church [for the myriad of reasons I could be], it was out of the stark reality that I was dead tired after work last Wednesday and didn't feel like standing up, sitting down and filing in line to be told that I should ( Read more... )

Courtesy of dotmike, I have a copy of "St. Francis in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass." So if you are an anti-piracy agent reading this, keep that under your hat.

The thing about the piece is that it holds a lot of significance for me, personally.
( A Caribbean Mass, my feelings about heaven, yada-yada-yada ... )

* I am forming a mental list of the tracks for "Wastrel: 2006" and it's going to be the sober answer to my Sedaris-esque letter, but it'll be quaint in that whole, "You've come a long way, baby!"-kind of way. There will be at least one tongue-in-cheek song, see if you can spot it ( Read more... )