Dec 25, 2014

The Outcasts of Christmas and the Winter Solstice

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A Blessed Winter Solstice celebration for all you holy pagans out there, followers of Attis and Dionysus, both of Greece; Mithra of Persia; Salivahana of Bermuda; Odin of Scandinavia; Crite of Chaldez; Thammuz of Syria;...

Dec 10, 2014

Dec 7, 2014

Nov 29, 2014

Nov 25, 2014

Nov 11, 2014

Still alive and kicking

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Prague Noir on a Wintery Night I'm still alive and kicking, as the saying goes. But I've been putting a lot of time into my new book review blog, Crime Scene Reviews. Check it out if crime novels are your cup of...

Nov 2, 2014

GAY MYSTIC CONNECTICUT

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Pequot Woods Park And now for a bit of whimsy: One of the results that pops up for Gay Mystic on Google is one called Gay Mystic Map Listings. I-95 Rest Area And here we can find all of the gay cruising areas in...

Nov 1, 2014

Oct 19, 2014

Faith, Doubt and Sexual Abuse in Film and Fiction = Amended Reviews

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This is an amendation and extension of my previous posting. In this posting, I deal with three cinematic and fictional treatments of practicing Catholic priests whose faith is profoundly challenged by the revelations...

Oct 16, 2014

Synecdotal Ruminations and Reviews

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The Road Through the Wilderness It's been a month since my last posting at this blog, and I've been busy immersing myself in Czech culture on a deeper level, especially its past religiosity and its present seemingly...

Sep 13, 2014

Back from the "Dead"/Book Reviews

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Just getting back on my feet after eight weeks of very intense interactions with Czech kids in summer camp in the mountains. The experience was so intense I felt cut off from my own spirit from time to time, but worth every...

Jul 30, 2014

The travails of young love

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On a bit of a hiatus from blogging for the summer as I recollect my spirit, but I may have some reflections to share this weekend about the difficulties of young love. Been listening to tales of heartbreak from some of my young students. And young River Viiperi has broken from his partner of two years, Paris Hilton, so these must be difficult days...

Jul 14, 2014

Papa Francesco does it again

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Well, the whole world - or at least the semi Christian world - is all a flutter over yet another freewheeling interview of Pope Francis conducted by acknowledged atheist and La Republica journalist Eduardo Scalfari. Before the ink had barely dried, Father Lombardi of The Vatican Press Office was already huffing out his damage control , assuring us...

Jul 11, 2014

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