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Celibacy? Romance? How can those two things go together?
Friends, I argue that celibacy is indeed a romance. ...
Marriage plunges spouses right into the heart of the mystery of Christ....
Which is better – to read a book or watch a television program? I’m a literature professor, a writer, and an avid reader. I bet you know what my answer will be. Don’t be so sure....
As I write this, I am listening to Bach on my iPod, on an airplane, a setting that is clearly not what the composer had in mind. Here’s the question: does this elevate the moment, or degrade my capacity for appreciation?...
How do you starve a culture? ...
The Romance of Celibacy
Posted by Fr. Doran Stambaugh S.S.C. on Feb 10th, 2010 in Christian Life, Culture, Meditations | 2 comments
Salvation and Marriage
Reading Versus Television: Which Is Better?
Bach at 30,000 Feet: Does Accessibility Diminish the Value of Art?
Spiritual Starvation
Dr Holly Ordway came to Christ through reason, in the pursuit of truth. "In your hearts honor Christ as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 15).
Her book, "Not God's Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith," is forthcoming from Moody Publishers in May 2010.
