Category Postcards from Palookaville

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Apology

I do apologise for the insensitive way in which I brought to the attention of European readers the existence of aerosol cheese.  While America has provided many great cultural benefits to the world (The Rockford Files, Walker, Texas Ranger), I…

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Cheese in an aerosol can

With reference to Rick’s posts, I have concerns with antithesis/fundamentalism — not with the doctrinal distinctives which he rightly praises but with the cultic mentality to which this can give rise and, indeed, to the postmodern hermeneutics which it can…

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Cheese in an aerosol can

With reference to Rick’s posts, I have concerns with antithesis/fundamentalism — not with the doctrinal distinctives which he rightly praises but with the cultic mentality to which this can give rise and, indeed, to the postmodern hermeneutics which it can…

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What is Anglicanism?

The First Things webpage carries a very interesting, and in parts very moving, article, What is Anglicanism?, written by the Ugandan church leader, Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi.  I’m generally not a big fan of Anglicanism as a phenomenon (mourning every…

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What is Anglicanism?

The First Things webpage carries a very interesting, and in parts very moving, article, What is Anglicanism?, written by the Ugandan church leader, Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi.  I’m generally not a big fan of Anglicanism as a phenomenon (mourning every…

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Pride the True Heresy

I was talking with someone last week about a well-known theological personality.  `I don’t think he wants to be a heretic’ was my friend’s comment.  `No,’ I responded `I think the problem is he wants to be a big shot.’ …

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Pride the True Heresy

I was talking with someone last week about a well-known theological personality.  `I don’t think he wants to be a heretic’ was my friend’s comment.  `No,’ I responded `I think the problem is he wants to be a big shot.’ …

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Psalms and Christ

In the context of recent discussion, readers might want to check out Patrick Henry Reardon’s Christ in the Psalms (Conciliar Press).  Reardon, an Orthodox priest, has done a great job of producing a thoughtful, devotional, Christological reading of the Psalter. …