It pains me to say that I am afraid I will have to take a short hiatus from blogging on this site for the next couple of weeks. There is simply too much going on in my life at the moment and I am in desperate need of some free time to catch up on some projects that have been dogging me for months. Here's what has been going on in my life:
For one thing, as you know, I am now an elected official, in charge of a city with an operating budget of $7 million dollars and a population close to 10,000. This is a very busy time of year for the local government (we have some big summer festivals we are preparing for and we are also trying to get out budget together for the next fiscal year, which will begin July 1st). I am really consumed with this sort of stuff for the time being.
Second, I am in the process of wrapping up a DVD project for Homeschool Connections. Some of you are familiar with the videos I have been making for them over the past few months (if you haven't seen them, you check out one of them here). Over the past six months, a friend and I have produced several of these videos which we have compiled into a single DVD, approximately 35 minutes long with an additional ten minutes of special features. The DVD has just been completed and we are entering the production and marketing phase of the project, so you'll here some more about this in the coming weeks.
Third, I have been laboriously pecking away at the upcoming Unam Sanctam Catholicam website for the past six months and have built it up considerably. It has 50+ articles on it at the moment, but the layout is still kind of screwy and I really need to get a few more contributors and a bunch more stuff up there before it is worth revealing. I'd like to take some time to devote to that specifically. Special thanks to my friends Noah, Amanda and Blake who have helped me on this project - all of whom, I should mention, I have no relationship with in "real life" outside of blogging and the Internet.
Second, I am in the process of wrapping up a DVD project for Homeschool Connections. Some of you are familiar with the videos I have been making for them over the past few months (if you haven't seen them, you check out one of them here). Over the past six months, a friend and I have produced several of these videos which we have compiled into a single DVD, approximately 35 minutes long with an additional ten minutes of special features. The DVD has just been completed and we are entering the production and marketing phase of the project, so you'll here some more about this in the coming weeks.
Third, I have been laboriously pecking away at the upcoming Unam Sanctam Catholicam website for the past six months and have built it up considerably. It has 50+ articles on it at the moment, but the layout is still kind of screwy and I really need to get a few more contributors and a bunch more stuff up there before it is worth revealing. I'd like to take some time to devote to that specifically. Special thanks to my friends Noah, Amanda and Blake who have helped me on this project - all of whom, I should mention, I have no relationship with in "real life" outside of blogging and the Internet.
Fourth, I have been working on a book on St. Cyprian for over a year that is extremely close to being done but that I never quite have time to finish. It is tentatively scheduled to be published through Arx Publishing (Lord willing), but I really need to put the finishing touches on it.
So, those are some things I have going on. I will probably be out for a few weeks. But I will still be maintaining the Facebook page (here) but will primarily be posting links to older articles and other items of interest I run across.
Finally, I would like to ask that if you have any ideas or suggestions for articles, please let me know! I am always looking for ideas and I know that, despite five years of blogging and 839 posts, there is still a lot of stuff I have not touched on yet. Please post your ideas or suggestions in the combox!
Thanks again for your patronage of this site. Lord willing, we will be back sooner rather than later.
Finally, I would like to ask that if you have any ideas or suggestions for articles, please let me know! I am always looking for ideas and I know that, despite five years of blogging and 839 posts, there is still a lot of stuff I have not touched on yet. Please post your ideas or suggestions in the combox!
Thanks again for your patronage of this site. Lord willing, we will be back sooner rather than later.
4 comments:
I shall be upholding you and your family in prayer during this extremely busy time. As you've asked for article suggestions, I am happy to oblige.
First and foremost, i believe your readership (especially seekers who come across this blog) would be excellently served by a few articles dealing with the non roman rites of the Catholic Church, of which there are close to a score, all in full communion with Rome but distinctive in their liturgy and spirituality, often far more orthodox in their theology and application of Holy Scripture, CCC etc. the shambles into which the Roman Rite in the West has largely descended seems to have been for the mostpart avoided by the Eastern Rites (the Marounite Rite being an excellent case in point).
The West can learn much from the churches of the East (plus the young but growing Anglican Ordinariate that, god willing, shall become a fully fledged English Rite in its own right).
Read about St. Rafka, St Charbel, St Maroun and their fellow Holy compatriots, learn from a church that struggles with persecution even to this day and be refreshed, away from the narcissism of boomer self-indulgence.
Blessings,
Sarah,
Australia. a
>The West can learn much from the churches of the East
Re-learn, maybe.
I'd rather hope that the Anglican converts take the Latin Mass to their hearts. One could always dream.
Anon Grant,
"Re-learn, maybe.
"? Definitely. The English have their own unique faith heritage that can be traced back to an age well before Trent; the Sarum rite is a case in point. and from a Marounite perspective, Syriac trumps Latin every time :-)
Blessings,
Sarah,
Australia.
Thank you! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the new website, but I'm relieved it's on hold for a bit. I'm about to have a baby any day now and need to put any graphics projects on hold for the next few months! :)
Amanda
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