How to Save $600/Year and Make Your Life Better
I found a way that will not only save a lot of money but also improves the quality of my life tremendously.
Unity in America
Religious and Philosophical dialogue can bring people together. You have to keep a good perspective on unity during election years. It is easy to be against something - this is what I am for.
Keep a Joyful Heart
It is always a good time for a meta-economic opportunity. Even at $4.00/gallon.
New Orleans Music Website
I would like to encourage all of my readers to go to a new website about New Orleans music called Y’HEARD!. The Web address is http://yheard.com.
In it you will find updates about live shows, CD reviews, and features that spotlight some of the city’s unique musical character. It is intended for fans as well as [...]
Song Recommendation | “Flying Red Horse”
There is a song that I used to love that I just found again. It’s called “Flying Red Horse” by John Gorka. It’s about the red horse from the Mobil Gas stations setting herself free from the sign. Sounds like she is a mare. John Gorka has the most beautiful baritone voice and is a [...]
St. Bernardine of Siena | 1380-1444
St. Bernardine is the Patron Saint of Advertisers. Born in 1380 in Italy, he renewed the Church in Italy in the century that preceded the Protestant Reformation and helped the Order of the Friars Minor of the Strict Observance to grow in number from 400 to 3000 during his lifetime.
There is a great little letter [...]
Food, Glorious Food
The last two books I read could not have come from two more different sources, and yet their messages are alarmingly similar. What could a religious biographer of Christian historical figures and a seated professor of journalism at UC Berkeley possibly have in common? The same thing any other two human beings would have in [...]
Catholic Music (Part 2)
I have already written about obstacles to touring Catholic musicians, and why it is hard to market Catholicism. Now I would like to address why the mainstream music recording industries cannot make a profit from music informed by the Catholic world view.
The music industry has its own methods of promoting and distributing product, but the [...]
Why Catholics are so Bad at Marketing
The Catholic Church and the Catholic laity are good at a lot of things - marketing Catholicism is not one of them. There are very good reasons for this. Quite frankly, I don’t think it’s an altogether bad thing.
First of all, Catholicism is not a commodity - it is an all-encompassing faith and world view [...]
God is Bigger than America
The division between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is an artificial illusion. There are good Christian people on both sides who are driven apart from one another artificially by the parties and the News Media.