Category Archives: General

Skipping Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

It happened in 2005, and it’s happening again this year. With Christmas falling on a Sunday, some — perhaps many — Protestant/Evangelical congregations are canceling their Sunday worship services. Earlier this week, an opinion piece entitled “Skipping Christmas“ on the Associated Baptist … Continue reading →

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Who is winning the battle for marriage?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

CatholicVote.org sent an email today with this interesting graphic: It’s quite telling. In the 31 states where voters have been given the choice to defend marriage or redefine it, the traditional definition of marriage has always won. See the full … Continue reading →

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More Catholic Perspective on Bin Laden’s Death

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

More perspective on Osama bin Laden’s death, this time by Jimmy Akin: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/killing-bin-laden-catholic-perspective

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Vatican Statement on Bin Laden’s Death

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

The National Catholic Register has this statement from the Vatican on Osama Bin Laden’s death: The Vatican has released this statement this morning on the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by American forces in Pakistan: “This morning, … Continue reading →

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Statue of Christ desecrated on Easter Sunday

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

A statue of Christ was discovered vandalized on Easter morning at St. Peter Chanel parish in Alpharetta, Georgia, north of Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Pink paint was sprayed on the face and hands, and the $80,000 statue was tagged … Continue reading →

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Welcome home, Abby Johnson

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

If reports are true, Abby Johnson will be entering into full communion with the Catholic Church at this evening’s Easter Vigil Mass. Johnson is the former abortion clinic administrator turned pro-life activist, who recently penned the book Unplanned. A news … Continue reading →

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Religion Survey: See how you do

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

Survey: Americans don’t know much about religion – Yahoo! News:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_religious_literacy_poll

At the end of the article, there is a link to a questionnaire (not the full 32 questions mentioned in the article, but an excerpt of 15 questions). See how you do:
http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge

I’d share that I got 15-out-of-15, but that might come across as ”Pride”…one of the seven deadly sins! :-) Continue reading →

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Free EWTN Radio for iPhone (Part 2)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

Just over a year ago, I posted about one way to get EWTN Radio on your iPhone using the Time Shift Radio app. But lately, that app hasn’t been successfully connecting to the Guadalupe Radio Network. Thankfully, a caller on … Continue reading →

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Newly Found 4th Century Icons of the Apostles

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

A FoxNews.com/Associated Press article reports that a recently discovered ceiling painting from the 4th Century may be the earliest known renderings of the Apostles Peter, Paul, John and Andrew. Cool stuff.

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Comments now allowed on Essays

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Lawson "Trip" Cox

I’ve now enabled commenting on my Essays. Previously I only allowed comments on the regular blog posts. Feel free to provide feedback…I look forward to hearing from you!