Monthly Archives: December 2010
Padre Steve’s Favorite Christmas Comedies
“It’s Christmas Eve! It’s… it’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we… we… we smile a little easier, we… w-w-we… we… we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of … Continue reading
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Padre Steve’s Favorite Non-Religious Christmas and Holiday Music
I love Christmas music and of course that music spans both the sacred realm as well as the not so sacred realm. Today I was in a store amid crowds or rather hoards of crazed 6 and a half shopping … Continue reading
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Some of Padre Steve’s Favorite Funny Movies of the 1970s and 1980s
I don’t know about you but no matter what your age some of your favorite movies might just come from the time when you were in High School or College. For me that was the 1970s and 1980s. I have … Continue reading
Filed under Loose thoughts and musings
The Passing of a Baseball Legend: Bob Feller 1918-2010
Baseball lost a great yesterday. Bob Feller sometimes known as “Rapid Robert” died of Leukemia at the age of 92. Feller was born in Van Meter Iowa and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians when he was 16 years old … Continue reading
Why don’t we just call it the Gulf of Whatever we want to call it? Padre Steve Says the Iranians Whine too Much
Warning: Denny Crane over the top alert. Readers with no sense of humor, irony or wit should either turn back now or get a life because I don’t want to hear the whining in the comments section like those infernally … Continue reading
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Recovering My Spiritual Disciplines during Advent: Celtic Daily Prayer
A few months after I returned from Iraq my spiritual life fell apart. It felt like God was no longer there. It had been that way for a while but in June of 2008 the frustration and despair of the … Continue reading
Filed under christian life, faith, Pastoral Care, PTSD, Religion
New Pages and New Site Design
Today I revamped the site changing to the three column “Pilcrow” theme offered by WordPress which allowed me to get back to the three column format as well as do some things with the layout, header and color scheme. I … Continue reading
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The Ships of Pearl Harbor: A Comprehensive List with Short Histories of Each Ship
Last year I wrote a piece called The Battleships of Pearl Harbor. I followed that with an article this year entitled “Forgotten on the Far Side of Ford Island: The USS Utah, USS Raleigh, USS Detroit and USS Tangier. Of … Continue reading
Filed under History, Military, Navy Ships, world war two in the pacific
Let’s Celebrate the Reason for the Season: Materialistic Consumerism
I love Christmas and after a week of relatively serious writing I felt the need to celebrate the reason for the season. That’s right, materialistic consumerism the religion with the most followers of any in the United States. Just look … Continue reading
Filed under christian life, faith, Just for fun, philosophy, Religion
The First World Wide Cyber-Insurgency
In the past week we have entered the first true cyber-insurgency being waged by the Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks and its various supporters worldwide. Experts have been debating if the actions of WikiLeaks and their confederates constitute a cyber-war or simply … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign Policy, national security
