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Tim Drake - who has written 49 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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Family-Friendly Flicks: A New Option for Parents Renting DVDs

Posted on 17 January 2008

Parents Leslie and Michael Tuttle understand the difficulty in finding good films for their 8- and 5-year-old sons to watch. They gave up monthly cable service because the job of monitoring content became too daunting.

Up until recently, they depended…

Treat Yourself to a Retreat

Posted on 07 September 2006



When’s the last time you went on retreat?

As a single person you have greater opportunities to take some time for rest, prayer, and vocational discernment. Amid the hustle and bustle of life it’s particularly difficult to slow down and to…

The World’s Story vs. A Fable for Our Age

Posted on 20 June 2006

Every age has its story, a story that gets read and re-read, told and re-told; a story that helps to define the age. For 2,000 years the Christian story has been the world’s story — the greatest story ever told.…

True Lies The Myths That Hollywood Tells

Posted on 26 April 2006



When the Oscar nominees were counted up, and it didn’t look promising. First, Brokeback Mountain, the film that normalized homosexual behavior through the American western genre, led the pack with four nominations. And Felicity Huffman was up for best actress…

Raise a Glass for Life

Posted on 01 April 2006



You might not think selling wine has much to do with standing up for life, but a Cleveland wine marketer has found a way to put the fruit of the vine in the service of adult stem-cell research — which,…

Seven Devotions

Posted on 29 March 2006



If you’re anything like me, your life is a constant blur of activity. You’re on the run. Between work, and Church, and commitments to family and friends, it seems as if you have no time for a spiritual life. Or…

A Surefire Way to Meet People

Posted on 23 February 2006



Nearly two years ago, egged on by two friends, we started a weekly morning men’s book discussion group. The group, which originally started with five, has now grown to as many as 25, including many men whom I’ve never met…

A Pope in the Attic

Posted on 10 February 2006

Where do we go when we die? Surely, we’ve all asked ourselves that question at some point. As I understand it, there are two alternatives: heaven or hell. It had never occurred to me to question where artwork goes when…

Excommunication in St. Louis

Posted on 28 January 2006

What first began as a parish property dispute in northwest St. Louis has led to excommunication for the six members of the board of directors of the civil corporation of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish and the diocesan priest whom they…

Who’ll Be the Real “King” of the Box Office This Christmas?

Posted on 10 December 2005

A Faithful Rendition

In fact, in a reverse of Aesop’s famous fable, I think it will be the lion (Aslan) who benefits the mouse (Mickey) this time. Walt Disney, in cooperation with Walden Media, has created a film that is about…

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