Miscellaneous

Nuns in Habits A Thing of the Past?

by Steve Ray on February 5, 2007

Not on your life. Meet the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. These sisters and their convent are only 10 minutes from my house and we visit periodically. We show our DVDs there as world premiers (see picture here). I even taught Scripture here for a year. We joke around that these wonderful women [...]

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Young Girl Discovers God; Reveals Him with Paint

by Steve Ray on February 5, 2007

This is really a quite extraordinary young girl. With an atheist mother, it seems God took things into his own hands. This little video clip from CNN is pretty interesting. Click here to see it.

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Good Free Stuff

by Steve Ray on November 17, 2006

A friend sent me this list of sites where you can get free — and some almost free — Catholic materials. Enjoy! Excellent Catholic Musician: Karl Kohlhase, also a convert, his conversion story is on http://www.chnetwork.org/kkconv.htm.  All of his music is free, and can be downloaded at http://www.k4communications.com. Talks from Franciscan University Adult Conferences at [...]

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Wallpaper for your Computer Screen

by Steve Ray on November 14, 2006

I have taken lots of nice pictures of biblical and historical sites around the world and now I provide many of them for you to use as Wallpaper for your computer screens. From the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Altar at the Church of the Annunciation, from the ruins of [...]

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Christmas Shopping in Bethlehem

by Steve Ray on November 9, 2006

Support Christians in the Holy Land Purchase Christmas Gifts from the Holy Land   Also, very nice Jewish Products from my friend Alex at www.JesusBoat.com

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Population Tips 300,000,000

by Steve Ray on October 17, 2006

This morning at 7:46 AM Eastern time a baby was born somewhere in somewhere in the United States that tipped our population of to over 300 million. The population hit 200 million in 1967. Only 997 million to go to catch up with China. For more details, read the Bloomberg Report.

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New Orthodox Canadian Catholic Magazine

by Steve Ray on October 5, 2006

Especially for those in Canada, check out Christus Veritas Magazine. Click here.

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There are nuts and then there are NUTS!

by Steve Ray on October 4, 2006

Almost every day I get an e-mail from a looney tune. This week is no different. Following is the core of the latest e-mail from a guy named James Y. Always nice to have a laugh during a busy day. Here is an excerpt from one of his meandering e-mails. He heard me on the radio and saw [...]

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Bob Sungenis Hit Hard Again

by Steve Ray on September 28, 2006

Another lengthy critique of Bob Sungenis, especially regarding his character and his view on the Jews. Click here. Provided as a public service.  Four NEW reviews on Bob Sungenis and the original article Sungenis and the Jews. Here are all the four new comments by Dave Palm here, John Novotny here, Michael Lopez here, and [...]

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Catching up and Bob Sungenis

by Steve Ray on September 22, 2006

I apologize for a few days away from my blog. For those who know, or have heard of Bob Sungenis, you will be interested to read his supposed apology and apparent move to a more moderate position. I wonder it is genuine and lasting. I wrote him a short note of hope and encouragement. He is a [...]

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Website Translates for You!

by Steve Ray on September 6, 2006

I love this program and use it all the time. It is called BabelFish and it will translate back and forth between English and many other languages for you. Example: If you want to send an e-mail to a friend in Italy — like I just did– you simply type in "Hello Everyone: I miss [...]

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Research Fellow with Scott Hahn

by Steve Ray on July 27, 2006

  Steve has accepted the position of Research Fellow with Scott Hahn's St. Paul Center which promotes Catholic Scripture scholarship. I like what Scott and crew are doing and I'm proud to be associated with them. Click on the image to to right to see the whole webpage; click here to see St. Paul Center's [...]

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Starting a Seminary: A True Story

by Steve Ray on July 13, 2006

Read an inspiring true story written by my good friend Gail Buckley, founder and director of Catholic Scripture Study International. The story is entitled "God's Fingerprints: A True Story."

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The Lord’s Prayer in Our Lord’s OWN Words

by Steve Ray on July 6, 2006

This is the "Our Father" written in Aramaic — the language Jesus spoke in his every day life. We think we know him and how he lived, but take a look at this prayer and see if you can make any sense out of it. Surprise! He didn't speak English! And he was not called "Jesus" [...]

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Testing 1, 2, 3

by Steve Ray on June 11, 2006

Next Saturday we are leaving for Israel to prepare for our full bus of pilgrims arriving on June 23. I wanted to make sure this new blog software actually works. If so, I can keep my Blog updated on the fly while away. My new Blog will supposedly allow me to post an entry "on [...]

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Strange Alignment of Numbers

by Steve Ray on April 4, 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be  01:02:03 04/05/06. That won't ever happen again. You may now return to whatever you were doing.

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