Connor Danstrom

S6 Episode 11 – Discerning lifestyle “These subjects were reasoning. They were working quite hard at reasoning. But it was not reasoning in search of truth; it was reasoning in support of their emotional reactions. It was reasoning as described by the philosopher David Hume, who wrote in 1739 that ‘reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the […] No responses December 13, 2017
S6 Episode 10 – Gorp! “A pipe cleaner is just metal with, like, fur on it.” -Michael Metz, S6 Episode 10 – Gorp! Check out Sr. Bethany Madonna’s story about the Golden Gate Bridge here. Contact us at threedogsnorth@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter. Like us on Facebook. And remember that it’s like the Bible says, “You ain’t gonna get a second […] No responses December 7, 2017
S6 Episode 9 – Falsitivity “Like the choice between competing political institutions, that between competing paradigms proves to be a choice between incompatible modes of community life. Because it has that character, the choice is not and cannot be determined merely by the evaluative procedures characteristic of normal science, for these depend in part upon a particular paradigm, and that […] No responses November 29, 2017
S6 Episode 8 – Repetition “Hey, Linc If Scylla really is in there, there’s gonna be security. I need you focused. Yeah. Hey. Hey. All clear upstairs. You find something? Picture of my mom. Someone must have known I was coming. Someone who’s connected enough to be working with Carruth and who knows you well enough to get their […] No responses November 8, 2017
S6 Episode 7 – Bomb homily “You have to correct. To redirect. To point out shortcomings. If your teenage son can’t think of anything to do for fun other than playing video games, then you need to turn off the devices and get him into the real world. You need to educate his desire. You have to teach your child your […] No responses November 1, 2017
S6 Episode 6 – A case study “But what, in conclusion, of Joy?…It was valuable only as a pointer to something other and outer. While that other was in doubt, the pointer naturally loomed large in my thoughts. When we are lost in the woods the sight of a signpost is a great matter. But when we have found the road and […] No responses October 25, 2017
S6 Episode 5 – Get perfect “We are proprietorial (yet also apprehensive) about time, thus we think and speak of ‘my time’. We speak glibly of time, as if it were just another throw-away item of our consumer society…Like our talents and our material goods, time is meant to be shared. Time in solitude and time with others – both are […] No responses October 19, 2017
S6 Episode 4 – Held my ground “If our religion is something objective, then we must never avert our eyes from those elements in it which seem puzzling or repellent; for it will be precisely the puzzling or repellent which conceals what we do not yet know and need to know.” -C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory Look alive. Speak with authority. Read […] No responses October 11, 2017
S6 Episode 3 – Life untasted “In the midst of tears, she sheds no tears herself. The crowds marvel at her recklessness in throwing away her life untasted, as if she had already lived life to the full. All are amazed that one not yet of legal age can give her testimony to God. So she succeeds in convincing others of […] No responses September 29, 2017
S6 Episode 2 – It was beautiful “He told me, that all consists in one hearty renunciation of everything which we are sensible does not lead to GOD; that we might accustom ourselves to a continual conversation with Him, with freedom and in simplicity. That we need only to recognize GOD intimately present with us, to address ourselves to Him every moment, […] No responses September 13, 2017