Return of Catholic Blog Surfing
Awhile back, I selected Wednesday as my statio . The spiritual masters suggest you select one day during the week to stand watch, to put forth the extra effort to be good. I can't say I've noticed a big difference between my Wednesdays and my other days (and, alas, it's not because my other days are so virtuous), but I try to do little things. Last night, I decided that I would surf Catholic blogs and look for religious fare to post on Wednesdays.
I stopped writing the National Catholic Register blog column over two years ago. When the column stopped, I stopped reading Catholic blogs. Not entirely, by any means, but to a great extent. I had gotten tired of combing through a hundred blogs a week, in search of column ideas and new bloggers. When The Register canceled the column, I was, truth be told, a little relieved, and I abandoned Catholic blog surfing.
But now, I'm resuming, at least once a week. I've picked out a handful of blogs, which I'll surf through on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. I'll present any interesting stuff here on Wednesdays. I don't promise that you won't see any more jeremiads about Hudge (big business) and Gudge (big government) and Cudge (big education), but if you do, it'll hopefully have an explicit Catholic slant.
And as always, if you see any good Catholic blog stuff, feel free to pass it along, like this neat piece a reader sent to me about Catholic minor league baseball: Lake Erie Monarchs Play for God.
You a birding nerd? Fr. Z has some great bird pictures here. * * * * * * * A publisher is selling "the CS Lewis bible" with a bunch of notes from Lewis interspersed throughout the text. It's already sold over 20,000 copies. But the Bible is gender neutral, which is something Jack never would've tolerated. Via Creative Minority Report. * * * * * * * What does a politician do when his constituent priest writes to him, expressing an opinion? You threaten the Church's tax-exempt status. Freshman State Rep. John Kriesel [R-Cottage Grove] might have earned the Jackass of the Year Award. Link. * * * * * * Far out. Crisis magazine is back.
