Sunday Sonnet.

One of the things I found when I lived through a Canadian winter was how filthy snow is. How it is easy to tramp the mud and damp into your home. How the pollutants turn everything into a grey slush, which freezes and leads to more work for orthopedic surgeons. And how sometimes you cannot … Continue reading Sunday Sonnet.

Preach the gospel. Embrace the hatred.

I am preaching this morning. On the lectionary. So, unusually for a Sunday I am (a) preparing this post early and (b) not referring directly to the texts for the third Sunday in Lent. This evening I have printed the sermon out -- Yes I write it completely -- re read it, rehearsed it. Out … Continue reading Preach the gospel. Embrace the hatred.

Managerial malevolence.

The Z man (hat tip to Woodpile Report) notes that there is no honour left. There is only virtue signals, and the results no longer care for the managers. Which means we have an managerial elite who are not merely without honour. They have embraced evil. The key thing about the modern sociopath is the … Continue reading Managerial malevolence.

Songs and Admin.

There have been a few changes in the way things load to speed things up and the menu at the top has changed so that clinical notes and poems are easy to find. The theme has remained the same. There have been the occaisional glitches when pages have "404ed" ie not been loaded. I've done … Continue reading Songs and Admin.

Saturday Sonnet.

The nine are the Muses of ancient Greek myth, and Pindar is the first great poet of the classical Hellenic era. But Sydney is not looking at the exotic: he is looking at the face of his beloved. He has rejected the exotic, the ancient, and others. He loves Stella. And he can have her: … Continue reading Saturday Sonnet.

Against the change of circumstance.

A fair number of the guys I know and respect are in the same situation I am. Divorced, remarried: the egalitarian false marriages that is part of the false consensus morality of this time led us through the family courts. Which are destructive. We want the old marriage, the old ways. We want til death … Continue reading Against the change of circumstance.

Modern martyr, modern ikon.

The ungrateful tribes

I want to discuss an article that Johnathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of England, has written. It is worth reading the entire thing. But firstly I want to talk not merely about the tribes of the Jews, but the tribes of the liberals. For if the Jews are primarily a tribe passing through, sojourners and … Continue reading The ungrateful tribes

Because the times are immoral.

We live in an immoral time. The idea that we can be morally pure is mocked: the honest ridiculed. The teaching of Paul around sex in marriage is defined as oppression and the concept of doing your duty to your spouse is seen as a form of rape. Marriage is no longer for life, and … Continue reading Because the times are immoral.

Three cheers for the papists

We can argue about what happens in communion, but the classic reformed position is precisely the same. The table is for the believers. To approach the table of communion in an unworthy manner is unwise at best and sacriledge at worst. One should examine oneself before the act. The old kirk sent the elders around … Continue reading Three cheers for the papists