A Sound of Sheer Silence

" This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all." (1 John 1:5). 1. For those of you who are not nerds, or at least a certain sort of nerd, allow me to give you a brief primer on Warhammer . Warhammer  first came into existence as Warhammer Fantasy Battle , which is a tactical war game set in a medieval fantasy world using painted miniatures published by Games Workshop, a British game company.  The original miniatures game expanded into tabletop RPGs, video games, and other media, as well as the derivative Warhammer 40k,  which is basically Warhammer  in space (and, if anything, is even more popular and well known than the original fantasy version). But Warhammer is best known for being the origin point for the term "grimdark," which was derived from the original tag-line for Warhammer 40k --"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."  "Grimdark"...

I have some friends that are worried about me.  It's very well meaning worry, and I am grateful for it.  But, it is misplaced.  You see, I have some friends that read this blog, and they think I am having a crisis of faith.  The fear, I suspect, is that I am going to be lost to the great darkness (as they see it) of non-belief of the broader culture. Nothing could be further from the truth.  It is true that I am having some grave doubts about Catholicism, and my place in Catholicism.  But if you pull back one level, but faith in Christianity is as strong as it has ever been.  In some ways, it is better--my prayer life, for example, is the best it has ever been.  There are certain things that I understand far more clearly now that I did before.  My views may be changing, but they are changing in the direction of a greater sense of comfort with Christian doctrine, and a greater appreciation with its teachings. Take, for example, a very ba...