“The history of storytelling isn’t one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.” —Therese Fowler As a trained historian I am supposed to be used to telling stories, or at least interpretations of the evidence in a logical yet pleasing narrative. I must admit however that I have been …read in detail
Month: January 2016
Television and Electronics Cabinet
After you come to grips with the fact that monks do watch television … While at the abbey for a little vacation, the abbot asked if I would build a new electronics cabinet for the monastery. Since he is the one that pays the bills, it was one of those “offers you cannot refuse.” I …read in detail
My Dirty Little Secret
“For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light.” – Luke 8:17 It was bound to happen one of these days, but I was finally caught at Harbor Freight. And so, “My name is Fr. Thomas, and I am an Harbor Freight …read in detail