Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
You’re about to get more of Jane’s Twisted Theology. In the past few days, I’ve mentioned that my car came back from the body shop with a dead battery, and that I’ve resumed writing my romantic comedy (1500 words yesterday!)….
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If you’re fasting, does tasty lip balm compromise the fast?
Interesting thought about the Christmas angels: they told the shepherds that they’d find the new baby lying in a manger. Americans don’t really think too much about that. We’re used to putting babies in cribs. But back then, that wasn’t…
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I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post something this personal on my weblog, so I wrote this planning to leave it in drafts for a while. Maybe forever. But then I shared it on an online group, and someone…
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Question: Philangelus, you talk about angels an awful lot. Have you ever seen an angel? Answer: No. I have never knowingly seen an angel. Question: Are you hedging? Answer: Look, I’m not going to say I’m 100% sure I’ve *never*…
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There’s a post over at Summa Mammas about the death of advent, which I previously wrote about on this weblog. She doesn’t seem to have a solution to the problem either, though, and if the article she references gives a…
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Continuing with my complaints about Christmas, I have a real problem with Christmas carols You’re going to ask, “Why, Jane?” In the past we would start hearing them at Thanksgiving. Some radio stations began a non-stop Christmas music program at…
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Last night, over cheesecake, I mentioned to my husband about the futility of getting a cheesecake to celebrate beings who don’t eat, and that my good friend said angels just appreciate being noticed. I added that I guess it’s okay…
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Today at daily Mass, Kiddo#3 found a spider drowned in the holy water font. I’d never seen that happen before. So…does that make the spider a martyr?