Sam Harris – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:42:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 A worthy gift from father to child https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/07/27/worthy-gift-father-child/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/07/27/worthy-gift-father-child/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:18:04 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=13294 “Six top pop-rock songs for a top son”: that was the working title for this piece (my wife detested it). It’s been kicking around in my head since my boy was born several weeks ago. One of the pleasures of fatherhood is introducing your children to music you love. Another is helping them discover and think about truth, goodness and beauty. The first can

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/07/27/worthy-gift-father-child/feed/ 1 For those with a desire to be affected by music: Give it a whirl https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/05/10/desire-affected-music-give-whirl/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/05/10/desire-affected-music-give-whirl/#respond Tue, 10 May 2016 02:57:03 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12739 One place I go looking for ideas for this column is the several boxes of CDs which have survived recent downsizing efforts in our house and are now residing — only on a temporary lease! — under the bed. I often find a long-unloved album, spin it, then go exploring for new music by the

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/05/10/desire-affected-music-give-whirl/feed/ 0 Lorde’s lyrics a timely reminder to keep it real https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/03/24/lordes-lyrics-a-timely-reminder-to-keep-it-real/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/03/24/lordes-lyrics-a-timely-reminder-to-keep-it-real/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:06:24 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12437 by SAMUEL HARRIS Singer Ella Yelich-O’Connor, known by her stage name Lorde, was in the news recently for her purchase of a flash house on a flash street in a flash suburb in Auckland. Unlike most of her peers, she goes into home-ownership unburdened by the mortgage yoke — and good on her. The song

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