On Good Friday, the Archbishop of Paris held a small service in Notre Dame Cathedral, during which the Crown of Thorns was venerated. Only a handful of people were permitted to attend, and one of them, French actress Judith Chemla, concluded the service with the Ave Maria. This, it seems to me, is the embodiment … Continue reading The Embodiment of Christendom
Author: DBreitenbeck
The Conquest of Death
For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead. And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. -1 Cor. 15: 21-22 God never undoes what He once does, nor unsays what He has once said. When man brought death upon himself through the … Continue reading The Conquest of Death
Authority in the Passion
The concept of authority has been on my mind quite a lot lately. There's a whole lot to delve into there, especially since it's a subject we moderns tend not to understand very well. We tend to think of it as either consented rule (which would make it synonymous with 'counsel' or 'employment') or oppression. … Continue reading Authority in the Passion
Thoughts on ‘The Andromeda Strain’
Just finished reading Michael Crichton's 1970 novel The Andromeda Strain (I don't know; felt in the mood for it for some reason). It's quite a page turner, and I heartily recommend it to anyone with a taste for hard sci-fi. The story has a US Military satellite bring an extraterrestrial microbe back to earth as … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘The Andromeda Strain’
Coming November 10th: Sol Anthology
The next entry in Tuscany Bay Publishing's Planetary Anthology series, 'Sol' is coming out November 10th, and will feature a short story by your humble servant, amid those of many other talented authors. Preorder here, and mark your calendars! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0XUyg5bgaI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2nKmX99QubO6WwsLwvC7SaRfbMJN3H6LPOqXj3m968OqWcFL3xsZauWwc
How to End a World and Save a Franchise
I'm not a Final Fantasy player myself (this is by happenstance, not by choice; the games passed me by as a kid and I haven't had time to go back and explore them yet), but I would like to share an interesting story regarding the franchise; a story that took place in our own world. In 2010, … Continue reading How to End a World and Save a Franchise
Moon Graffiti
John Wayne’s 5 Rules to Life
Missed yesterday, but found this this morning.
Thoughts on a Movie I Haven’t Seen
My extreme antipathy towards Rian Johnson left me with no interest in seeing Knives Out, much as I love good mystery stories. I still haven't seen it, but I have learned the solution from someone who did, and, having confirmed it by a perusal of Wikipedia, I am about to say something about it. Though take … Continue reading Thoughts on a Movie I Haven’t Seen
The World We Live In
It is, I find, fatally easy to forget what kind of world we live in, especially today. We've got all our gadgets, our (relatively) ordered society, and all the rest of it, so that it becomes only natural to fall into a kind of trance assuming that everything just kind of works and that's all … Continue reading The World We Live In
Serpent's Den 