Let It Slide (Everything But Christ)
The following is an article I wrote for the newsletter of my church. Last night while driving home to Dallas I got a call from a dear parishioner who is struggling mightily with a personal situation....
View ArticleDelighting in the Arcane
I recently stumbled across something which truly animated my soul (to dabble in prolixity). ‘Tis the following, one of “twenty-four theses of Radical Orthodoxy:” As much as the secular, most pietisms...
View ArticleLewis, Milton, & Solid “Spirits”
In _The Great Divorce_, Lewis’ heavenly beings – incredibly solid & blindingly bright – are called “spirits.” They stand in stark contrast to the less-than-fully-real, spectral travelers from the...
View ArticleGospel for Doubters
It has been my great joy & privilege over the last few months to get to know Matt Magill of The Magills. My favorite Magills song by far is “Yes.” Is there a love for me? Can you deliver me? Will...
View ArticleBoethius for our Time
What an encouraging article by Anthony Esolen (scholar of Dante and of Lucretius, and of much else besides). Thanks, Theresa Kenney! First, in addition to much helpful background and commentary, there...
View ArticleAthanasius & Difference
One area of thought in which I am perpetually trying to make progress is what you might call the philosophy of the body. Not only is this theme related to the gender politics of our contemporary...
View ArticleCindy Crawford, Anselm, & Comps
Geek alert: this essay will be of no interest to anyone other than philosophy & theology enthusiasts. A decade ago I was infatuated by “critical theory.” These days, not so much. I’ve become much...
View ArticleGod: Never Unmediated
What follows is adapted from an email I sent to a friend, who asked a question about the “pagan” influences in the Bible (the Old Testament). Dear Stephanie (not my friend’s real name), Sorry for the...
View ArticleVerstand & Dianoia (in Bavaria)
I am having the most amazing time today in my room here at the Priesterseminar in Regensburg (though it is not completely free of various kinds of turmoil). For years, I have noticed how the work or...
View ArticlePremodern Human “Perfection”
I grew up in a wonderful family with a mom and a dad who loved each other, loved Christ, and were healthy in the sense that they were always repenting, always striving to be more faithful to Christ and...
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