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February 2021

February 21, 2021

On Language: Ignoring Context and History Leads to Grotesqueries

Consider the power of language to liberate or brutalize. We can all learn from one...

February 20, 2021

The Two Way Evil of Hate

Hatred is two-way bad. The worst of hatred is the damage done to the hated,...

February 12, 2021

We Cannot Put off the Real Story

Advertisements remind us not to put off standard health care, just because there is a...

February 02, 2021

Written in 2017: Christian Paganism and a Bad Nationalism Coming?

Here is a post I wrote in 2017 after two years taking on a growing...

February 01, 2021

The African’s Dream

The truth is often knowable, if we only listen.** If any American meets someone who...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Ten Ways to Avoid Getting Duped by Information

I once called the eminent scientist Alfred Wallace, "Lord Alfred Wallace." He was not a...

January 27, 2021

The Church is One

The Orthodox Church is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. The Church is one,...

January 26, 2021

Hungry for the Truth

This is the diet time of year, the lean month, sans alcohol, sans parties, sans...

January 24, 2021

Equality is a Fiction, but Useful, Yet a Fiction.

Look to beauty, all sorts. Once in Tsarskoye Selo I saw so much beauty at...

January 22, 2021

A Thriving Soul: Beauty, Pleasure, Pain

There is education in beauty. The beauty, and the heights, made me giddy as I neared...

January 20, 2021

Beautiful You

Beauty pierces. Beauty creates desire, shows that we want or need something, and so drives...

January 18, 2021

Don’t Make the Objective Subjective

God created humankind in His image. He also created a cosmos where we could act...

January 17, 2021

A Lesson in Beauty from the Fig Tree

We run on the wrong clock. This is one way of understanding the “difficult” passage...

January 16, 2021

Not in the Eye of the Beholder

Sincere questions can show a desire for a relationship and a mind still awake to...

January 15, 2021

Weirdly Cold

As I write the temperature is roughly 30 and heading for 24 Fahrenheit. Many places...

January 14, 2021

The Yardstick for God?

The yardstick always was around, a long whip like piece of wood. In some houses,...

January 07, 2021

Windows through Windows through Windows to God Jesus

Look through a window, through another window, maybe a final window, and see God. This...

December 2020

December 24, 2020

Bringing Our Gifts to the Holiday of History: Twelve Days Start on the Eve of Christmas

How does one best find the joy of a holiday? There are seasons to Christmas:...

December 22, 2020

A Sign in the Heavens

Last night I went out with my binoculars, a star chart on my mobile, and...

December 20, 2020

Herod versus Mary at Christmas

Christmas has villains: Caesar and Herod. Far off in Rome, Augustus Caesar was a colonial...

December 19, 2020

Earthly and Heavenly Venus: Donne’s Triumphant Vindication of Harmony

Love (true love) and desire should go together, but sometimes do not. That Hideous Strength, the...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Look the Source Up, Read for Yourself

The job of serpents is to question what has been said, that of Wisdom to...

October 26, 2020

At Least I am Happy. . . No Small Thing

We can be happy. That is no small thing. If you must deal with depression,...

October 24, 2020

Come On Man: How to Tell Hard Work from a Waste of Time (Euthydemus!)

Loving wisdom can be hard work or you can dodge anyone who might change your...

October 16, 2020

Knowing When You Already Know: the education of Holy Wisdom

Is there value to discussion when you already hold to the truth?* The classical model...

October 13, 2020

Beauty stirs Love and Then. . . (With a Sidelight on the Symposium and Diotima)

Beauty is all around us. Having said that truth, what next? The cosmos is beautiful,...

October 10, 2020

Not a Miracle, but an Accidental Beauty

If you take enough pictures, sometimes one will turn out well. When you had to...

October 03, 2020

To Avoid Distraction (With Gladiators!)

There are people, topics, and positions that if you even mention them became the topic or keep...

October 01, 2020

On Reading Plato: Thoughts for Starting

There must be someone out there who loved reading Plato right away, but I didn’t....

September 2020

September 10, 2020

An Apologia for my Fandom: Why care about Socrates?

Why care about Socrates? Why care about any person who lived a long time ago?...