Demon Vampire Bug

If one is observant he gets used to spotting things that oughtn’t be there, even if they are fairly small. I guess I’m observant, because the other night, as I sat on the dark brown couch in the dimly lit living room I noticed an inch-long mostly very dark brown insect on the couch a few inches away from me. Before I sent it to its eternal reward I looked at it, and was filled with dread.

No Actors Were Harmed in the Making of this Video

My congregation got a preview of a new show set in Biblical times. By the look of the clips, it could be a spinoff of The Chosen. There’s just one peculiar difference that makes all the difference, for good or ill.

Extremes

Nuclear war was invented 80 years ago today. It was tried again three days later. Perhaps unfortunately, it worked.

NHK, Japan’s equivalent to our PBS, makes much of the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As you would expect, it is unreservedly condemned.

A Catholic Revisits the Five Solas

In fairness, Sola Fide is precisely “Justification by faith alone.” We have to be careful as both advocates and opponents of Protestant theology can misstate what the Solas mean. It doesn’t help me or others to help them misstate their own position.

When Humor Was Clever

When we learned Sunday of the death of Tom Lehrer, my reaction was that I suspect was that of many: He was still alive?