“Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, comparedto the tongue of a Gossip.” Richard Steele“Gossip is the Devil’s radio.” George Harrison “Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when theyaren’t present.” P.J. O’Rour…
Gossipy Hobgoblins
”Unspoken expectations and unfounded assumptions are the most destructive hobgoblins of any enterprise.” Richard Loveland
Handel’s Messiah
Thefirst public performance of Handel’s Messiahwas held in Dublin, Ireland on this day in 1742. George Frideric Handel was a Baroque composer from Magdeburg who had lived in England for thirty years. The previous summer he was invited to…
A Mountebank’s Resurrection
“When I was a little child,bishops expressed doubts about the Resurrection, and were called courageous.When I was a girl, G. K. Chesterton professed belief in the Resurrection, andwas called whimsical. When I was at college, thoughtful people express…
Covenantal Confession for Corporate Sin
“O Lord God of Heaven, the great and awesome God Who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, to hear the prayer of Your servant that I now pray before You day …
Good Friday at Parish
Hewas the king of glory, the Morning Star, the image of the invisible God, thefirst born of all creation—by Him all things were created in heaven and onearth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers orauthorities. All thin…
Chesterton’s “The Donkey”
When fishes flew and forests walkedAnd figs grew upon thorn,Some moment when the moon was bloodThen surely I was born.With monstrous head and sickening cryAnd ears like errant wings,The devil’s walking parodyOn all four-footed things.The tattered outla…
Jan Comenius, Commemorative Printable Download
March 28, 1592 Pioneering educator Jan Comenius was born in Prague. Like most of the other followers of John Hus, he was forced into exile during the Thirty Years’ War. He and most of the members of his small covenant community settles in Leszno, Poland. There Comenius wrote several textbooks on eduction. These were so original in their conception of …
Eating in the UK
1. Pret a Manger: Charing Cross2. Nero’s Coffee: St. James Piccadilly 3. Barbacoa: St. Paul’s4. Wagamama’s: Tower of London5. Jamie’s Italian: Brighton6. The Cambridge Eagle 7. The Borough Market: Southwark8. West Cornwall Pasty: Victor…
The Greatness of Chalmers
“There is not, ofcourse, any difficulty in explaining the indifference of the modern secularmind to Chalmers, neither is it surprising that churchmen of liberal persuasionshould lack enthusiasm for his memory. What is more problematical is the q…
St. Patrick’s Morning Prayer
“Today I arise, through the baptism of Christ—His cross; and His grave; resurrection; ascension; and final descent, for the judgment of doom.”Today I arise, while God’s angels serve—I heed all His heralds, through reading His Word. He makes His sai…
Japan: One Year Later
Japan: One Year Later