A Thinking Reed

  • Toward a homophilic Christianity

    This sounds like an intriguing series of books.

  • Whence the cat?

    Fascinating article about how and where cats were first domesticated. Not Egypt as you might think. I think it was Jeffrey Masson who said that cats are the only animal to truly benefit from domestication (as any cat owner can attest!).

  • An outing to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

    We had absolutely gorgeous weather here today, so my beloved wife and I decided to take a trip up to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University and reputedly the largest Catholic Church in North America. The church is a Byzantine-Romanesque hybrid style with many side…

  • Tofu-licious!

    We made this Mark Bittman recipe for Mexican Chocolate Tofu Pudding tonight and it was really good. I was surprised how creamy it was. We added a bit of cayenne pepper for some kick.

  • Debating Celtic Christianity

    There’s a lively conversation going on downblog on the “Use and abuse of Celtic Christianity” post from a few weeks back. Welcome to any new readers! I don’t have much to contribute to the discussion at this point, but I’m happy to see it keep going.

  • Priorities

    I like this, from Brandon: Here and there over the past few years I’ve seen a great many Christians who are of the opinion that argument with the so-called New Atheists should be a major priority among Christians, and I recently saw another instance of this. They don’t generally ask my advice, but whenever people…

  • Dear Pandora

    When I’m listening to your (otherwise great) Traditional Country station, I really don’t need to hear Joaquin Phoenix singing Johnny Cash tunes from the Walk the Line soundtrack. Just sayin’.

  • Judicial watch

    No insightful legal analyis from these quarters (I know enough lawyers to know how out of my depth I’d be), but, boy howdy, the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the SCOTUS sure is bringing out the best in the conservative movement and the GOP, isn’t it?

  • Torture, truth, and the war

    Jonathan Schell connects the dots and makes some observations about the use of torture as a characteristic of declining powers.

  • Friday metal – Tori-fied/Slaytanic edition

    Here’s Tori Amos'(!) nearly unrecognizable version of Slayer’s “Raining Blood”: Here’s the immortal original: