Author, Academic, Spiritual Director, and Priest
Brentwood, TN
Joined January 2010
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Frederick Schmidt retweeted
.@NigelBiggar .@ThinkAnglicans Jason Arday's death is partly the fault of those who failed to tell him the truth about his limited abilities, because they feared being called racist. Bishops and others who have also bitten their tongues will be to blame when the Church of England's reckless plan to spend £100m on slavery reparations is exposed as the naked emperor it is: nigelbiggar.co.uk/p/arday-an…
Frederick Schmidt retweeted
Is A Man for All Seasons the most perfect film ever made?
George Weigel revisits Fred Zinnemann’s 1966 classic, and finds a movie whose performances, screenplay, cinematography, music, and portrayal of St. Thomas More remain remarkably hard to fault.
To read the piece, visit firstthings.com/the-best-fil…
Frederick Schmidt retweeted
The Arday Affair is no longer only about Jason Arday.
It is about the professors who appointed him, the institutions that failed to scrutinise him, and an academic culture in which victim identity can too easily become a shield against criticism, evidence and accountability.
Cambridge should investigate, but a local inquiry is not enough. We need a national inquiry into the corrupting effect of identity politics on our universities.
Read my thoughts at The Biggar Picture: nigelbiggar.co.uk/p/the-arda…
Some thoughts on spiritual maturity and a fearless moral inventory...
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Frederick Schmidt retweeted
Okay. But what do you do when you “start a war” simply by existing and the geopolitical equivalent of a serial killer doesn’t think you should exist?
This is some dishonorable, repugnant, shit.
A third and fiinal reflection on one of the more difficult passages in the Gospels...
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The first in a series of reflections on one of the Gospel's toughest passages:
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Some thoughts on church growth, non-denoms, and the mainline...
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A reflection on the significance of the Resurrection:
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The fourth and final reflection on miracles. This one on the place of miracles in our own experience:
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I wrote this article back in 2020. It seems appropriate to post it again. I should note that there is a difference between being a "political priest", the subject to which the article is addressed, and a priest who has politics.
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A third reflection on "Discovering a Eucharistic Spirituality", this time with a focus on the words, "Christ, our Passover"...
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More thoughts on a Eucharistic Spirituality...
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Frederick Schmidt retweeted
If our identity—ethnic, racial, sexual, whatever—is so intrinsic to who we are, and so meaningfully different from other identities, why would we expect to see proportional representation across our society? If these identity-based and cultural differences matter, then it makes perfect sense that some kinds of people would be under- or overrepresented in different fields and facets of public life. That's not "racial inequity," that's just a fact of life!