Eric Scheske

People sometimes ask, "What's it like to prepare Christmas for seven children?" My response: Ask my wife. I just have to pay for it all, which is a huge task of course, but it's spread over the course of twelve months, whereas my wife&

“For while all things were in quiet silence and the night was in the midst of her course, thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne.” Book of Wisdom. "[This] passage, brimming with the mystery of the Incarnation, is wonderfully expressive of the infinite stillness that

A handful of unusual small things occurred Sunday. First, the temperature dropped to -8. I'm not sure I've seen the thermometer that low my entire adult life. Wind chill was at least -25 (it was -20 in the afternoon, when the temperature was 0). Of course,

If you have a God you understand, you have erected an idol. Benedict Groeschel, 12/13/2008 Podcast from Sunday Night Live (not a precise quote, but I got it very close).

Yes, I realize posting has been a bit lazy this week. I've been struggling with a cold/virus/bug/demon for almost six weeks now and this week it tipped me: ongoing fatigue reinforced by a new non-stop cough laid me out, plus I was met with

1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 3. If 4 out of 5 people

I liked Napoleon Dynamite. I found it funny, at times hilarious, both in its scenes and the utter inanity of it all. Yet people I respect (and who used to respect me, I gather) can't fathom its humor. They're simply in awe that anyone, much less