# Robert Nixon
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robert nixon (ca. 1919 – June 16, 1939) was an American serial killer, born in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana around 1919, who confessed to five murders and multiple assaults, including the Los Angeles "brick bat murders" of 1937. Depicted with racist imagery in the mainstream press after his arrest, he was given the nickname the "Brick Moron" as he killed his victims with bricks and was depicted as dimwitted.
Father Robert Nixon: The Spiritual Discipline of Silence and Taming the Tongue
On the Son Rise Morning Show, Anna Mitchell welcomes back Benedictine Father Robert Nixon of New Norcia, Australia, translator of the Tan Resurrection series, to continue their discussion of Thomas à Kempis' Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Heart.
Father Nixon explains Thomas à Kempis' pr…
Guarding Your Tongue: Fr. Robert Nixon on the Sin of Detraction
Did you know that sharing harmful truths about someone behind their back can actually be a sin? Fr. Robert Nixon, O.S.B., translator of Thomas à Kempis’s Solitude and Silence, joins Anna Mitchell on the Son Rise Morning Show to break down the sin of detraction. Fr. Nixon explains why a person's rep…
Sin in Words & Thoughts: Father Robert Nixon, OSB, on Thomas à Kempis & Solitude and Silence
How easily do we sin not only through our spoken words, but within the hidden theater of our thoughts? Father Robert Nixon, OSB—Benedictine monk at New Norcia in Australia and translator for the TAN Resurrection Series—joins host Anna Mitchell on the Son Rise Morning Show to reflect on Thomas à Kem…
Slippery Slopes & Holy Restraint: Fr. Robert Nixon on Thomas à Kempis, Silence, and Human Nature
How do good intentions accidentally lead us back into old habits? On The Son Rise Morning Show, host Anna Mitchell welcomes back Fr. Robert Nixon, O.S.B., Benedictine monk at New Norcia in Australia and translator for TAN Books' Resurrection Series, to continue exploring Thomas à Kempis' spiritual …
Ep 219 - Real Martyrdom of St. Peter & St. Paul with Fr. Robert Nixon
"Quo vadis, Domine?" Lord, where are You going?
That's the question Christ asked Peter on the road out of Rome, and it's the last thing Peter heard before he chose to die on a cross turned upside down. Fr. Robert Nixon is back on the show with a brand-new translation almost nobody has read: the Li…
Marlon E. Curtis II on Newark, BET & Betting on Yourself
Marlon E. Curtis II is the creator and showrunner of On The Set Podcast, and in this Season 2 episode, the tables turn. Host Steven Strickland sits down with him to trace the journey from auditioning at age three in Newark, NJ to BET, the Newark International Film Festival, and a show built for the…
The Beauty of Discretion: Fr. Robert Nixon on Thomas à Kempis, Silence, and Moderation
How do we balance the spiritual practice of silence with our call to love and engage with those around us? On The Son Rise Morning Show, host Anna Mitchell welcomes back OSB monk, author, and translator Fr. Robert Nixon to discuss the closing reflections in Thomas à Kempis's treatise Solitude and S…
Son Rise Morning Show 2026.10.29
Happy feast of Bl. Chiara Badano! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell discuss why she’s come to be one of their favorite saints. Guests include Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB, with more thoughts on solitude and silence, Kevin Prendergast on good sleep habits in the midst of time changes, and Rita …
The Grace of Silence: Fr. Robert Nixon on Thomas à Kempis and the Virtue of Restraint
Why is cultivating silence essential for spiritual growth and deeper union with God? On The Son Rise Morning Show, host Libby Reichert (filling in for Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell) welcomes Benedictine monk Father Robert Nixon, translator for the TAN Resurrection series, to reflect on Thomas à Kemp…
Celebrating the feast of Bl. Chiara Badano, how sleep habits can affect your mental and spiritual health, and more...
Happy feast of Bl. Chiara Badano! On today's show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell discuss why she's come to be one of their favorite saints. Guests include Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB, with more thoughts on solitude and silence, Kevin Prendergast on good sleep habits in the midst of time changes, and Rita …
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