St. Boniface House

Jamey Bennett summarizes an interesting argument by Peter Toon against the change from “And with your Spirit” to “And also with you” as a response to “The Lord be with you”.  Setting the exchange in the context of the liturgy and the relationship of the pastor/priest to the people is helpful, although I am unconvinced that the same meaning could not be found with “And also with you”.

The real question, as far as I’m concerned (and perhaps this is addressed in the book that Jamey is summarizing) is this: Why don’t we respond with “The Lord bless you”?  (See Ruth 2:4)

Here’s another home run by Douglas Jones.

Discussions about the California court decision regarding home schooling have been making the rounds for a few days now, and various other folks have already mentioned it: e.g. here, here, here, and here.

Really, we’re not surprised by this decision, but I guess my jaw dropped a little when I read this from the judge’s explanation:

“A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare.”

In the words of the teacher of my children, “At least they’re honest”.

One of the dumb people around Douglas Wilson writes an excellent post here.  It’s, well, refreshing, to see someone who rejects the Christian left’s “interfaith” pluralism and the idolatry of the Christian right.

 Also, he’s my long lost twin brother, or so they tell me up in Moscow.

Pastor Helsel shares some interesting insights here.