General Catholic Ramblings

Dare We Hope that Father Barron Will Be Saved?

August 23, 2012

I like Father Barron. I like his Catholicism series. However, I think that this video of his on the existence of Hell and the people in it on the people in Hell is way off track. (edited because readers seem to think I was disputing his statement about the existence of Hell.)       Basically, [...]

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Finally! A family alternative to Netflix

August 22, 2012

A few years ago we were introduced to Faith and Family Flix - a DVD rental service that only carried movies that were family-friendly. As Catholics we need to be vigilant about what we allow into our homes and services such as Netflix allow plenty of bad in with the good. Because we believe that [...]

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Weekend Bracelet Sale

August 10, 2012

Through an ordering mistake we ended up with a bunch of these Miraculous Medal bracelets in stock. This weekend you can have one for 30% off!

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Catholic Military Registry In the News

August 10, 2012

Matt Abbott, columnist at Renewing America, mentioned our Catholic Military registries in his latest column! Thanks, Matt.

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It's Inventory Day

August 3, 2012

We'll be closed  to count stuff . See you tomorrow!

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Mike Mangione and the Union Coming to Colorado Springs

July 25, 2012

From the editor of the Colorado Springs Catholic Herald: Just wanted to let you know that our friends Mike Mangione and the Union are making a visit to Colorado Springs on July 29 as part of their latest national tour. Those of you who went to Fill These Hearts in the fall of 2012 will [...]

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I'm Speaking at the International Christian Retail Show! (#ICRS)

July 15, 2012

Over a year ago I received a call from the folks at the Christian Booksellers Association. They had read a post I did about digital books and wanted to talk to me about a digital distribution solution they were working on for their members. Unfortunately, a single solution wasn't found and the various Christian store [...]

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Waldo Canyon Fire History Site

July 4, 2012

Today I saw a tweet from the PPLD asking people to send them photos of the Waldo Canyon Fire so they could be preserved. This got me thinking that photos on their own are SO 2008. What someone really needs to make for this event (and others like it) is a "4D book". I have [...]

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For Great Glory Give Away - A Movie Poster Signed by...

June 17, 2012

Facebook Giveaway The publicity company for For Greater Glory (Go see it. Now.) wanted to thank us for promoting the film so they are sending us an official movie poster signed by Andy Garcia. We are giving it away to you! Get the details on Facebook.

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The House of Usher Has Fallen

June 6, 2012

When I was growing up, I loved reading science fiction. I collected Star Trek novels, Star Wars novels, the Shannara series, the Prydain Chronicles and Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury was different than the rest. His short stories and longer works like Fahrenheit 451 were so varied in style and topic that I kept reading them over and [...]

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