Winter in the Glen

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An Interesting Observation

An Interesting Observation..... "Now before I attempt to flesh out the meanings Chesterton intends here, I want to note an important characteristic about conservative thought, properly understood. Conservatives reject—more properly, they fear—simplifications. Simplifications are usually a result of isolating something, tearing that something from the whole of which it is a part. Simplification is a form of abstraction." Ted V. McAllister

The Beatitudes

With Gods help.

A brother became tired of his community and the behavior of others often annoyed him. He decided, “I will go off somewhere by myself. Then I will neither talk nor listen and shall be at peace. This anger I feel will depart.” He went out into the desert and made his home in a cave.

One day he placed a water jug he had filled on the ground. It rolled over, spilling its content. He filled it again and it fell over again. When this happened the third time, he became enraged, took hold of the jug and smashed it against the rocks.

Calming down, he realized that anger had mocked him. “Here I am by myself and anger has beaten me. I will return to the community. Wherever we live, we need to work at being patient with God’s help.

Get the rest of the story at http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/with-gods-help/

Me and Rex and a Sofa

From left to right... the hired hand and the foreman.

Rex

Doctrine and opinion

Here is a good article on doctrine and opinion.

http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/doctrines-and-opinion/

The farm in late August

Hey, there is a man on the roof!

The happy St. Isidorian.

Organic veggies going to market.