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January 2020

January 09, 2020

The Stars are Ours (Andre Norton) (Part I)

The Stars are Ours was a set of slogans for life in the 1960’s if...

January 08, 2020

homeless god (Poems by Phillip Aijian)

The message is barely legible—- as if he wanted you to struggle a bit to...

January 07, 2020

Twenty Observations for 2020

The Church year started in September, so I have had plenty of time to prepare...

January 06, 2020

God appears! Or “On Seeing Reality Really”

You appeared to the world today, and Your light, O Lord, has left its mark...

January 05, 2020

Twelfth Night: the Last Day of the Christ Mass

The last night of Christmas break when I was a boy was hard, a bit...

January 04, 2020

The Sun: Eleventh Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

January 03, 2020

The Ancient Year: the Tenth Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

January 02, 2020

The Stars are Ours: the NINTH Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

January 01, 2020

The Work of Worship: the EIGHTH Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Instructed by a Star: The Seventh Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

December 30, 2019

The Community of Christmas: The Sixth Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

December 29, 2019

Thereby: The FIFTH Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

December 28, 2019

Light to All People: The FOURTH Day of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

December 27, 2019

The Light of Knowledge: The THIRD DAY of Christmas

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

December 26, 2019

On Talking to God: The SECOND Day of Christmas!

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world;...

December 25, 2019

The First Day of Christmas!

Having begun in worship at the start of the day our family will renew old...

December 24, 2019

The word, the Word, flesh, and the Gospels: Christmas Eve

Tonight I will stand before the Mystery and see the True Light. That experience is...

December 23, 2019

The Haunted Man (Dickens and Christmas Part II)

Dickens wrote a series of Christmas stories. We know A Christmas Carol best, but in his lifetime A...

December 22, 2019

The Haunted Man (Dickens and Christmas) Part I

Dickens’ last Christmas story, The Haunted Man, is inferior to A Christmas Carol and the story most popular...

December 21, 2019

Getting the Color of the Vestments Right: What Losers Do in Bad Times

Heretics in the Right Colors  Father Michael smiled as I told him the news. His...

December 20, 2019

Star Wars IX: A Review and Philosophical Reflections

(In reviewing and discussing this film, I will try to avoid large spoilers to IX....

December 19, 2019

Ten Things You Must Avoid in Picking a College

Ten Things You Must Avoid in Picking a College College as I knew it is...

December 18, 2019

Christmas Toys and the Imagination

My brother Daniel and I sometimes would ask for toys specifically for building our spaceship...

December 17, 2019

For the Love of the Logos: Ten Helps

What is education? Education has no rules, because it is personal. There is a Person...

December 16, 2019

If Ignorance Were Bliss: then Dawkins Would Be Happy Much of the Time

From Richard Dawkins’ Twitter feed: Surprised by common reverence for Plato. Alexandrians like Eratosthenes made...

December 15, 2019

The Genealogies of Christmas

As a boy, if it was my turn to do the Bible reading in devotions,...

December 14, 2019

To Fight is Noble

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport that the world affords. Most excellent...

December 13, 2019

To Dream is Hopeful, to Do Divine

God never dreams, He is all do. Humans, created in God’s image, begin in hope, grow...

December 12, 2019

What’s happening at Edgestow? (A Parody of a Bit of That Hideous Strength)

That Hideous Strength  In his prophetic novel on culture, particularly on the state of education,...

December 11, 2019

On Aunt Tilley and Christian Higher Education

“Aunt Tilley is coming,” he said and laughed. “Time to roll out the Christian stuff...

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