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Father let this chalice pass from me

Posted on March 20, 2016 by marklangley

The Fourth century saint and doctor of the church, St. Hilary of Poitiers, has a lovely insight – or perhaps I should say – a somewhat different take on Our Lord’s prayer in the garden. And going a little further, … Continue reading →

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Glimpsing God’s Grace Off Broadway

Posted on February 26, 2016 by marklangley

Last weekend my wife, Stephanie, and I found ourselves sitting in the Manhattan Theater Club on West 55th Street in New York City. Why? Well, to watch John Patrick Shanley’s (of Tony, Academy Award, and Pulitzer Prize fame) latest Off-Broadway hit about … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding LionandOx

Posted on May 31, 2014 by marklangley

The lionandox has been rather inactive for the past month. One day the site just appeared to have become unusable. So we thought we would take advantage of that minor catastrophe to rebuild the whole site over here at http://www.lionandox.com. … Continue reading →

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“A masterpiece of God”

Posted on July 29, 2013 by marklangley

“A masterpiece of God”.

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Does Nature Act For A Purpose?

Posted on July 21, 2013 by marklangley

The title of this post is “Does Nature Act For A Purpose?” And it is a post that I have been wanting to post for some weeks now, mainly because there are some ideas in my head that I have … Continue reading →

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Inagua Sharpie Update

Posted on May 31, 2013 by marklangley

Huzzah! The framing is complete! Now I need to “fair” the boat. This is of course the term that professional boat builders use. What they mean is that one has to sand the  frame down so that the exterior wood can be … Continue reading →

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Fourteen Foot Inagua Sharpie

Posted on May 26, 2013 by marklangley

What man is there who doesn’t want to “weigh anchor” and find his natural freedom over the water… like the Spirit that “Hovered over the waters?” Now I am not saying that the Holy Spirit was hovering in an Inagua Sharpie – … Continue reading →

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Life on The Rock

Posted on May 9, 2013 by marklangley

  Ok….well how many times does one get to be on cable TV? I guess this will have to count for my 30 seconds of fame.  Actually I am not certain that it added up to 30…maybe 15 seconds…. But … Continue reading →

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Thou Shalt Pursue a Liberal Education

Posted on February 28, 2013 by marklangley

Where did the Lord command man to pursue a liberal education? Or maybe we might ask, what commandment do people break when they refuse to pursue a liberal education? “That’s ridiculous!” you say, “everyone is free to choose the kind of … Continue reading →

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Textbooks

Posted on February 10, 2013 by marklangley

My daughter read the last post about textbooks and fastfood restaurants  and pointed out that the article did not really contain many substantive reasons for why text books are boring. She wondered even about the point of the post. I told … Continue reading →

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