tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.comments2024-03-07T16:15:27.204-05:00the glory of everythingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2503125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-38255892147525392212024-03-07T16:15:27.204-05:002024-03-07T16:15:27.204-05:00What's It.What's It.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-4225970498745105762022-11-07T13:07:41.794-05:002022-11-07T13:07:41.794-05:00Love thiisLove thiisGreensboro Architectshttps://www.find-architect.com/us/north-carolina-architecture-firms/greensboro-architects.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-54237114495053308962022-06-09T22:39:56.462-04:002022-06-09T22:39:56.462-04:00Loveely blog you have hereLoveely blog you have hereDua Fhttps://www.duafrey.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-50792977181534855372015-08-03T15:06:03.007-04:002015-08-03T15:06:03.007-04:00Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-46980605690252284782015-08-03T14:02:02.573-04:002015-08-03T14:02:02.573-04:00Good luck with the writing! Good luck with the writing! Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-70567174584691557192014-08-10T13:24:37.852-04:002014-08-10T13:24:37.852-04:00Christian, how did your kids deal with the absence...Christian, how did your kids deal with the absence of the TV? Sometimes I dream about doing what you did, but I can't imagine how it would look.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-47030021833926659132014-08-07T11:35:19.977-04:002014-08-07T11:35:19.977-04:00We punted TV about 18 years ago...I just scan the ...We punted TV about 18 years ago...I just scan the sports page. Fortunately most men I talk to are Catholic and we rarely talk sports anyway.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-69621829315416185542013-08-17T22:14:15.161-04:002013-08-17T22:14:15.161-04:00Hello? Hellloooo?Hello? Hellloooo?kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-76581370007910935212012-07-04T21:46:58.590-04:002012-07-04T21:46:58.590-04:00Scott and Laura - Oh, loved reading your post and ...Scott and Laura - Oh, loved reading your post and catching up a bit on your family. Anxious to hear about Asa and your Michigan travels. We've met some amazing Michiganites recently!! We send a huge amount of love to you all from Ghana. Hugs to everyone!! Love you!Hillbilly Rockin' Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845219331915517894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-88102429420113146192012-06-25T14:49:37.968-04:002012-06-25T14:49:37.968-04:00My elder daughter will be wed in November. She &am...My elder daughter will be wed in November. She & huz will live with us while they complete school, but they plan to conceive on wedding night. So we're cleaning out a moved-out son's bedroom to become a nursery. This in addition to the elder grandson walking here from school each afternoon for the next 5-6 years. And eventually his little brother as well.<br />Funfunfun!kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-3409126551166227212012-06-22T12:06:18.982-04:002012-06-22T12:06:18.982-04:00In response to both the 8-22-11 post and the June ...In response to both the 8-22-11 post and the June post: Sir, having 8 children is indeed extraordinary. May God bless your growing clan!Camillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-40800427836434035732012-06-10T01:56:24.369-04:002012-06-10T01:56:24.369-04:00Parenting at its finest. :) hahaParenting at its finest. :) hahaZach Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660059968736027967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-56093914728636583062012-04-24T23:20:38.858-04:002012-04-24T23:20:38.858-04:00I neglect my blog, too. Just picked it up again. C...I neglect my blog, too. Just picked it up again. Congrats on your family! We had number 9 this past Aug. A blessing for sure, but can I do this for 18 more years? Of course I will!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164970035946546827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-36949877701763720802012-04-24T23:16:35.737-04:002012-04-24T23:16:35.737-04:00Parker's Back is my favorite! It is especiall...Parker's Back is my favorite! It is especially good read out loud.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164970035946546827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-27624903575109378732012-02-08T23:51:50.564-05:002012-02-08T23:51:50.564-05:00Scott....hello out there???? where are you????Scott....hello out there???? where are you????Hillbilly Rockin' Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845219331915517894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-78857358468821036062011-09-01T13:35:50.142-04:002011-09-01T13:35:50.142-04:00I listen to Protestant stuff all the time just to ...I listen to Protestant stuff all the time just to get a sense of that worldview.<br /><br />"Reaction, by the way, is never a great starting point for great thought."<br /><br />I tell my wife: Men don't think, they react.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-59581322246881679352011-09-01T13:32:51.816-04:002011-09-01T13:32:51.816-04:00Of course nowadays what was once commonplace is no...Of course nowadays what was once commonplace is now extraordinary, such as simply having children as they come.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-22414624200656744742011-08-22T11:26:57.402-04:002011-08-22T11:26:57.402-04:00Amen.Amen.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-6529786242491977022011-08-18T13:18:35.741-04:002011-08-18T13:18:35.741-04:00Scott,
Here's my old post on sola fides:
http:...Scott,<br />Here's my old post on sola fides:<br />http://deepfurrows.blogspot.com/2008/03/sola-fides-sufficit.html<br />I need to do a new one though, that addresses "we walk by faith and not by sight" in a way that makes clear that faith is not opposed to sight but beyond sight (seeing the invisible dimension in everyday things). <br /><br />These things are real and deeply personal for me also (several years back I was arguing many hours a day online, and Karen could tell you how concerned she was for me!). Giussani says that emotion is a factor we can't and shouldn't attempt to limit in a utopian quest for objectivity. It's a lens that must be focused to avoid distortion.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-16667296210701538742011-08-18T10:17:54.278-04:002011-08-18T10:17:54.278-04:00Thanks, Fred. This is all very true. (Btw, I'd...Thanks, Fred. This is all very true. (Btw, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Aquinas's <i>sola fides.</i>) But a couple of things: the question from my wife probably has to do more with what I do with some of these interactions with Protestant thought more than any disdain for their thoughts. She's more concerned with how riled I sometimes gets in the interaction. It's different, in some ways, of course, since most of my adult faith has been Protestant. As a convert/revert I have a psychological, emotional attachment to or push back against some of this stuff, whereas I would imagine your interest is far healthier intellectually and theologically. You would be far more objective.<br /><br />I react. My blood starts pumping. It often seems so personal. In the immortal words of Pee Wee Herman: "I don't need to watch it, I lived it." Or something of that sort. These are awfully familiar views for me that are rendered oddly unfamiliar in my reversion to Catholicism (over and over, at times). It's such a strange perspective.<br /><br />So there is this wrestling in my heart over much of this. And I still so easily offend.<br /><br />"And it's essential that I test everything - because otherwise I may absorb it unconsciously OR I may miss the good in my own backyard." - What to say to this? Amen. Good thoughts.<br /><br />Laura's question is one I've been thinking about lately as well, so I appreciate your comments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-57518460483401930692011-08-18T09:37:25.919-04:002011-08-18T09:37:25.919-04:00"Why are you listening to him?"
Now th..."Why are you listening to him?" <br /><br />Now this is a great question, and I'm an aficionado of great questions.<br /><br />Protestants are the separated brethren of Western Christianity. Their questions follow the Western trajectory, and many of their answers have Catholic antecedents or analogues. In America, especially, it has been said that even the Catholics have Protestant tendencies. So, for me interest in Jonathan Edwards, Reinhold Niebuhr, or even Jerry Falwell, is an interest in my culture, my traditions. And it's essential that I test everything - because otherwise I may absorb it unconsciously OR I may miss the good in my own backyard. <br /><br />Case in point: sola fides. For Aquinas, this was a perfectly valid phrase but for us: we've lost touch with the experience expressed in this phrase (which is not the same as its current usage).... may have to blog on this one myself as I've been mulling it lately.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-82531548552173986112011-08-17T13:32:55.828-04:002011-08-17T13:32:55.828-04:00And we sing sola fides every Good Friday: Pange Li...And we sing sola fides every Good Friday: Pange Lingua esp. Tantum Ergo...Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-16427122047342630912011-08-09T20:48:31.383-04:002011-08-09T20:48:31.383-04:00Hope your next day was a better one. Great blog, ...Hope your next day was a better one. Great blog, learn a lot from reading it. MattMatt Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12834796522102830321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-66864411898203671442011-07-18T19:36:36.475-04:002011-07-18T19:36:36.475-04:00I don't know a thing about this author or his ...I don't know a thing about this author or his book, but I like your review.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-14571324814559441062011-07-18T19:34:53.016-04:002011-07-18T19:34:53.016-04:00If you're raising a batch of kids, you're ...If you're raising a batch of kids, you're moving forward every day even if it doesn't feel that way.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com