Three Dogs North

In this episode, the dogs talk about the current Russian invasion of Ukraine and its similarities to previous conflicts (00:45). Rob poses the question: "Do ideas shape history or do people shape history?" (08:15). They all discuss the glory of the saints (20:26), the need for true friendship (25:00), and the communion that is available to us at all times (26:30). Quotes: “In the fight for holiness, how I respond to this person’s email, that’s the battle that will make me a saint or not.” (Rob, 14:30) “Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. (Thomas Merton, 18:10) “For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) “The escape from history and its determinisms is not by standing outside of it but by willingingly entering into it with Christ” (Connor, 18:40) “Somehow through this suffering and this death we are being