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Christi Derr - who has written 6 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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“Acknowledge Him and He will Direct Your Path”: An Interview with Stan Foster

Posted on 07 May 2010

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness and Stan Foster is a Christian artist doing just that in Hollywood.  Foster began his multi-faceted career as an actor in CBS’ Emmy winning war drama, Tour of Duty. …

A Love Story

Posted on 01 April 2010

Many years ago in the sun-drenched land of Spain where temperatures and passions run high, a very wealthy young man fell in love with a very poor young woman.  Gonzalo de Yepes was born into a family that had made…

Oh, Be Unreasonable!

Posted on 19 November 2009

G.K. Chesterton once wittily advised, “Don’t be so open minded your brains fall out.” This comment recently came to mind when reflecting on the general response to the infusion of the occult into our culture. For some time now we…

Love is Kind

Posted on 16 October 2009

“Men have gone to Heaven for smaller things than that,” wrote Oscar Wilde in De Profundis. He was referring to an act of kindness done to Wilde in a moment of humiliation on a world stage.  This gesture of love…

Judging Judging

Posted on 21 May 2009

It was the habit of a group of men and women of various ages to gather Saturday mornings at a Texas abortion clinic, to walk up and down the sidewalk and pray the Rosary. It was the custom of this…

True Worship of God is the Cure for Insanity

Posted on 03 April 2009

Three earth-shattering events converged in my life recently and radically altered my whole world view. I attended a Byzantine Divine Liturgy, I attended a Latin Mass, and I visited my hair stylist.
To begin with the last: Everyone knows that…