A List of Random Things, Mostly Religious

1. Mass was beautiful down here at St. Mary’s Basilica in Old City. We arrived twenty five minutes early and there was standing room only. Some people might see this as an inconvenience. I could only help but see it as a celebration.
2. Also: In his homily, the priest said a child in the first grade just one day up and realized, “Wait, Jesus is God? That changes everything!” (Essentially the same as my reaction, only it took me much longer to figure that out.)
3. Existence is beautiful. I am overwhelmed with gratitude.
4. Existence is also difficult. So, thank God for grace and the goodness of other people.
5. Next Christmas Christine and I are severely overhauling the tradition. Our families tend to overload our kids with gifts. This is all well and fine, but not really in line with what we want to focus on.
6. I’ll repeat: It isn’t calories that count on holidays, but quality time with family and friends.
7. Here’s 101 Kettlebell Workouts (updated and revised for 2019) on those days that calories do count ; )
8. I’m already working on a new book. This one is on religion. (In order to stay hip, I must stay contrary to convention. I mean, how many millennial are writing about religion these days?) Details coming soon.
9. My last book (which isn’t even released yet) is available for pre-order, and comes with a lot of cool stuff.
10. Aquinas, we must remember, was just as much an Augustinian as he was an Aristotelian. (Somebody emailed me about this.)
11. Cheese.
12. If I could have any pet at this point, I’d probably want a tarantula.
13. Here’s an article on how to write better sales copy.
14. My recent podcast is on the ideal time to fast, and whether there even is one.
15. Finally here’s an argument from philosophy of mind for the immateriality of the soul:

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