Good Morning Digital Neighbors! Happy Tuesday ADD Irregulars and WSN Archivists! This morning as part of my Office (the series of prayers I do as a priest: Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, Midday Prayer, Evening & Night Prayer) I read the story of the Golden Calf. A number of things stand out in the text and in the movie version with Charlton Heston. First the text and then the C. B. DeMille Classic
Moses goes to the top of Mount Siani for 40 days & nights to receive the Heart of the Covenant - the 10 Commandments. There are many of ritual, cultural and cultic laws that govern the lives of devout Jews, but the heart is the Decalogue. On the mountain top God tells Moses of the idolatry and abandonment of the people and He option to destroy them and start over with Moses.
This is a massive invitation/temptation for Moses. Moses would in effect become the new Abraham, the new Patriarch and father of nations. Moses declines such an invitation (not really a temptation in the truest sense but a ...
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
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