My muse is not a horse (daily poem 61)

Baughan felt her poetry became mediocre after her youth, and (although she is a New Zealander) this poem, like many of her earlier works, reflects not New Zealand, but England. Her generation still called England "Home", as did the one that followed.… Read More

What will happen to our Anglican Brothers?

The Anglican church is now an African and Southern Hemisphere church. Most of the members are in Africa: as a wag said, the British Empire sent missionaries that did too good a job. And as the liberal elite has moved the Church of England and Ireland… Read More

Get fire back in your belly, man of God [Rev 1]

One of the great risks in this life is that we forget our sin, and our salvation. If we get self-righteous, and are convinced that we are invulnerable to being deceived, or falling, then we will forget that each day we sin. There is a reason Donne… Read More

A reformed geek discusses the Theodokos, and other things.

I am not going to go through a detailed discussion of Mary. If you want to see how Catholic Theology approaches this, there is a very long and detailed exposition in MULIERIS DIGNITATEM that dives into the murky depths of who is the… Read More