Tim Staples

This week we will focus on Tim Staples, one of my favorite apologists.  We will listen the the CD of his conversion to Catholicism from the Assemblies of God community.  We had it in our CD case some time ago, and it is most entertaining and thought provoking.

Tim is now the "head apologist" for Catholic Answers, linked on the right in our link section and also available by clicking on Tim Staples title above.

Here is a good YouTube Video by Tim on Apostolic Succession, some of which is from his conversion story.  It is about 4:25 seconds and well worth the viewing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpptEntC3nw

See you tomorrow.
SLG

More Bars in More Places

This is Barbara's latest blog post.  We have it linked already, but I wanted to call special attention to it as we are all addicted to cell phones.  Can we say the same for the Church?  Just a thought.
Have a Blessed Day!
SLG

A Quick post Reformation History Lesson

The above link will give you a quick lesson in the origination of various Protestant Denominations.  There was a T-shirt for sale with this graphically displayed on the back at the Deep in History Conference in Colombus, Ohio last October.  I sort of wish I had gotten it.  Perhaps when WE (I am hoping for a group of us from OLM) go this coming October it will still be there.
SLG

Who told you you weren't beautiful?

WOW!  We all know about this stuff, but to see it happen is truly amazing.  Please take one minute and fifteen seconds and watch the video link at the bottom!!  ALL need to see this, but especially those with teenage children and young adults in the family....male or female!

At the end of this video you can link to this one:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6JvK0W60I&annotation_id=annotation_372272&feature=iv

This is a link to Msgr. Charles Pope, from the Archdiocese of Washington.  We will  be linking his blog to ours, as he is one of my favorites.  He is consistently "on the mark" and has a fantastic collection of links to timely and thought provoking images and short videos.

SLG

Hannity and Repentance

Hannity and Repentance

Folks have a look at this, especially if you listen to talk radio on the way home in the evenings!

Food for thought for sure!

SLG

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Father Larry Richards

In our continuing exploration of Catholic apologists we will turn to Fr. Larry Richards, whose CD on The Truth has been for sale in our CD case.  Hopefully some you have picked it up.  He is known for his engaging and challenging talks, especially his discussion of Confession.  I have downloaded his talk on this and will plan on playing it this week in class, so try not to miss it!  It is a wonderful talk and should help us all, as Confession is just around the corner!  I have added his web site to our link page, or you can go there simply by clicking on his name in the title.  As with most of our wonderful apologists, there is a wealth of information contained there.  You can sign up for podcasts, download talks, order CDs, etc.
Should you want to see another version of the talk on video, have a look at the video below.  You can go to it by clicking on the blue Vimeo Plus in the center of the square.  Being the newbie I am I do not know how to get permission to embed this in the blog, so consider this a big visual link.  Sorry.
See you on Sunday!
Steve


Fr. Larry Richards speaks on confession at 2005 Boston Catholic Men's Conference from George Martell on Vimeo.

Matthew Kelly

Here is a brief introduction to Matthew Kelly.  We will listen to his Lighthouse Catholic Media CD "Call to Joy" during class today.

Bio taken from his web site:

Matthew Kelly was born in Sydney, Australia, on July 12, 1973. Over the past ten years more than three million people in fifty countries have attended his talks, seminars, and retreats. Against the backdrop of his travel to fifty countries, millions more have been touched by his writings and appearances on radio and television programs.

Both as a speaker and as an author, Kelly possesses a powerful ability to combine the ageless tool of storytelling with a profound understanding of today's culture and the common yearnings of the human heart. As a result he captures our imaginations and helps us to see the challenges and opportunities of our everyday lives in a new light. With a keen sense of humor and heartwarming charm, Kelly seems to effortlessly elevate and energize people to pursue the highest values of the human spirit and become "the-best-version-of-themselves."

Google:  Matthew Kelly Catholic Speaker

Web Site: http://www.matthewkelly.org/

Books:

Rediscovering Catholicism

Building Better Families

Perfectly Yourself

The Dream Manager

A Call to Joy

The Seven Levels of Intimacy

Why Am I here

The Rhythm of Life

Living Every Day With Passion and Purpose

Mustard Seeds

The Book of Courage

Audio CDs:  Multiple

Posting comments on BLOG

It has come to my attention that actually posting a comment on this is not as intuitive as I had thought!  Clearly Jim has it together, but in trying to comment on his comment I ran into difficulty.  When you click on the comment area a box appears in which to type your comment, then there is a smaller box below which forces you to "comment as", click on the blue arrows and a menu drops down.  If you are not in any of the first things listed simply pick one of the bottom two options, name/url or anonymous, fill in the info and post the entry.  Simple??? Ha.  Let me know.
SLG