North of the Shire

Here’s a post at WhippleshireBlog.

This is indeed encouragement. It is called Nuts!

This is a funeral homily for another priest.

The other day I heard a priest discussing the subject of health care in general terms and he said that he believes that it is a right.

I thought this was very interesting because, like many other folk, I believe that he has not thought through the subject carefully and is confusing legal obligation and moral obligation. Continue Reading »

There is one area of difference between the Protestant Evangelical way of seeing the world and the Catholic way that I find runs very deep. In fact, within my own understanding of the faith I come across it in myself at various levels. Continue Reading »