Germany as a Mirror of an Inner Schism

Someone asked on Reddit if there would be a Schism in Germany because of the liturgical abuses and more churchmen becoming pro-LGBTQ. In my opinion, what’s unfolding in Germany isn’t a crisis of the Church so much as a mirror of humanity’s inner conflict. Institutions, like individuals, evolve according to the beliefs that sustain them. […]

A Short Chain of Thoughts

Some days the mind wanders without asking permission. A piece of dust on the windowsill becomes a starting point. It is odd how something so insignificant survives every cleaning, every rearrangement of furniture, every attempt to impose order. Almost as if disorder is the natural state and our neatness is the exception we briefly impose […]

Buying a new swinging chair

We decided to buy an electric swinging chair for our baby. We cannot hold her all the time because she is getting heavier. I checked one out that we had found on Facebook Market Place but that one needs battery, which is not very convenient because we have to change the batteries all the time. […]

The Reformation as a Revolt Against Corruption and a Turning Point in Christian Europe

In the early sixteenth century, a broad sense of discontent spread through Western Christendom. Many believers were troubled by corruption within the clergy, by the sale of indulgences, and by the impression that the Church had grown rich, political, and distant from the Gospel. Renaissance humanism had encouraged Christians to read Scripture more closely and […]

Exploring ancient Pannonia

To complete a subject, we had to visit ancient Roman ruins of Pannonia in Budapest. Pannonia was a Roman province that included parts of modern-day western Hungary, including the area around today’s Budapest. The Romans built forts, roads, and settlements along the Danube River, which acted as a border of the empire. The area was […]