Monthly Archives: January 2003

Check out my post on fasting in Spiritual Pyromania. I doubt that I’ll blog much today. I’ve spent way too much time in front of a computer lately. I’m still redesigning my web page.

Do you know any priests that you don’t want to confess to? I know of three whom I have tried to avoid, conveniently located in three nearby parishes. One of them I avoid because he once gave me an absolution … Continue reading →

As soon as I tell you I have no thoughts, I think of some. Take a look at this page on the University of San Francisco’s web site. Remember that this is supposed to be a Catholic university. However, … Continue reading →

I’m glad to hear that Campion College is off and running now. It sounds like a kind of junior college for Catholics who wish to have a solid base of knowledge of their faith before going where they will ultimately … Continue reading →

I’m having quite a weekend so far. Please pray for me. I hope to have some thoughts for you, but I’m kind of tapped. I think I’m done with the worship rants, though.

I just had to link to this post by Victor Lams. He pretty much spells out the problem with using the psychological appeal approach to judging appropriateness of music, and it said it much better than I ever could.

Don’t worry, I will eventually run out of stuff to say about worship. I’ve been writing a little about what worship is, and there is one other point that I haven’t gotten out yet. If you get Jim Cowan’s … Continue reading →

I touched a little on worship here that was a response to Greg Popcak’s post here. He describes the singing of the tacky songs as a powerful experience of “worship.” To elaborate more on what has been said, I must … Continue reading →

Emily and Greg are busy trashing Trading my Sorrows. I hope Darrell Evans isn’t reading the HMS blog. He wrote the song. Ironically, his version of the song is my least favorite. This song has been published and republished … Continue reading →

Greg Popcak unveils his latest post regarding liturgical music. However, note that he compares a cathedral pipe organ to a “Festival of Praise” in Steubenville. Well, the only thing I’ll say to that is that I heard much of the … Continue reading →