"The electric things have their life too. Paltry as those lives are." - Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? OXFORD, Ohio (ZP) -- Somewhere in time, on some drunken night of mayhem, he'd shattered his iPhone against a brick wall. Chunks of ancient red dust from some ...

Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. “My child, esteem nothing in this life above your immortal soul. Do not give undue value to what is base and temporary. Live in the Spirit and all will ...

I remember a year or so ago I was trawling a popular Internet marketing forum. This particular forum has some successful marketers, but mostly the members are opportunity seeking newbies, including lots of young guys who are looking to make money online quick and care little for hard work. I did an ...

I was writing up some notes for my students in the Augustine Institute distance education class I’m TAing, and it occurred to me that some of my thoughts might be relevant for readers here, too. So here they are, sans......

Mark 1:14-15 After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” “My child, have no fear. I am with you in this age as in no other. Believe! Believe, ...

Am I an a**hole? Readers of my blog typically stick up for me and speak to the respect, passion and compassion I try to provide through my blog. It’s definitely a persona that I project and one that I try to work to perfect each day. Blog posts have the advantage of pre-planning (although in t...

See the yellow fish? He doesn't look too good. We were talking about truth in blogging, and I felt conflicted that I have to be in this position of reminding you that when I make up an anecdote, that I'm making up an anecdote. Ordinarily bloggers are honest. But a therapist never wants to reveal cas...

Master, bless. My most precious ones, I have yet another glorious drawing to share with you today. This is Ben's seventh drawing. We are almost at the half-way mark. Here are his insights: The icon drawing. For this I wanted to do two things, I wanted to make it feel more like a church setting..... ...

I have never been disappointed with Wendy M. Wright's (the Catholic scholar, not to be confused with Wendy Wright president of Concerned Women for America) musings on spirituality and love.  It was her brief but powerful essay on cross-gender spiritual friendships that opened up a new world for...

My mailbox is growing in size everyday and it’s already so huge that I cannot back it up on CD anymore. That’s a common complaint that I hear and read rather often these days. This stems from two sources. The first is that the user in question is not compressing his mail folders which sa...