But Dr. Bryan Cross of Mount Mercy University was my Confirmation sponsor. And taught me RCIA/OCIA. He’s a credentialed expert on Alasdair MacIntyre. Some of it possibly rubbed off.
Dr. Lawrence Feingold was my teacher, also. He’s a Thomist. A group of folks spent hours at Larry’s reading the Summa. I don’t mind zucchini because of dinners there, and I can read St. Thomas without wanting to curl into the fetal position. Maybe that makes me a Thomist.
You just gotta read him; no easy way to become a Thomist. You can be guided by a great teacher through Aquinas, but you’re not a Thomist until Thomas is your teacher. When you can anticipate what he would say—or flat-out recite it—you’re a Thomist. Pastor Timothy Butler of Little Hills Church in St. Peters, MO is absolutely a Thomist. I think he thinks in Summa article format. Good quirk to have. [Oddly, he’s not Catholic.] He oddly is a lot of other things, though!
I’m willing to lose a bet that Tom Darrow has read the Summa like 3 times. If not, he’ll do it on a dare when no one is asking him about it. I’d have written like 10 books by now, if I were that dude. [Are you saying Tom should write books?—ed.] Yes, more books. You know, when he’s not caring for children. When he gets super-famous, I’ll be his Andy Card, and go, “I am sorry, but you absolutely cannot see Mr. Darrow at this time. His time and energy are finite.”
If you don’t know who Andy Card is, look it up. Another reminder of better times. These aren’t bad times, mind you, but those were better.
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