Sally Thomas

Many thanks to our fearless readers of the last six months. I’ll still be blogging several days a week at First Thoughts, as well as updating my personal blog, Castle in the Sea. We’re already off the blog bar, so I don’t know whether anyone will see this, but if you do, . . . . Continue Reading »

Lo, October is hastening by, and the great Solemnity of All Saints is nearly upon us. If you were thinking of celebrating with vintage religious goods of one kind or another, here are some ideas.Vintage Medals: Saint BenedictSaint Maria GorettiMary Star of HeavenSaint InesHoly TrinityVintage . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, for starters, you get this. I haven’t given much attention in, say, the last twenty years to “World’s Sexiest” awards, which must explain why I hadn’t realized that the “World’s Sexiest Christian” is a schnauzer. You could get one of these to go . . . . Continue Reading »

Check out this slideshow of modernist churches around the world. Having grown up Methodist, I was intrigued by this gallery of United Methodist Churches. An illustrative factoid from Hamburg. Steeplescapes in Bogota, some unidentified Oklahoma location, and Camden and Wiscassett, Maine. More . . . . Continue Reading »

I forget how exactly I stumbled across this, but I found it strangely beautiful. . . . . Continue Reading »

Be prepared. Meanwhile, if you haven’t already, read The Anchoress on the brown scapular and avoid any Black Swan Events. Be well. . . . . Continue Reading »

Here. And here. And here. And more. And also here. Not for sale, but beautiful to behold. . . . . Continue Reading »

Now, many people who keep the porch light on at Halloween like to hand out items other than candy. Once, as a newlywed, I gravely underestimated how many mini Almond Joys my neighborhood’s population of pirates and Smurfettes was going to require, and was reduced to handing out pennies. These . . . . Continue Reading »

Start your week off right with some headlines and other items (not all tongue-in-cheek) from around the internet: Canonization Images at Catholic Eye CandyAdvent Preview: Watchman, Tell Us, What the Heck Is That Blue-and-Yellow Explosion Meant to Be? Unitarian Universalists Embrace Moral . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, so it’s Friday. Grey skies, kids with the flu, still not entirely sure the Nobel thing isn’t some kind of Facebook hoax. Am I summing up your day here? Thought so. We need cheering up. And you know what they say: when things get tough, the tough sit down and go tappitty-tap and . . . . Continue Reading »