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October 2019

October 18, 2019

The Beloved is a Profoundly Wonderful “Whatever”

It is clear then that the essential object of love, or the Beloved, is “whatever.”...

October 17, 2019

Knowing Self, God Knowing Us (Bonus: On False Stories about Gods!)

Philosophy, the love of wisdom, begins in knowing self. This is not the “self-knowledge” of the...

October 15, 2019

Go to the Countryside . . . At Least for a Time

PHAEDRUS: I come from Lysias the son of Cephalus, and I am going to take...

October 13, 2019

Courage <->Love (It’s a Biconditional Thing)

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let all...

October 11, 2019

Homemade Halloween: The Costume We Made, the Custom We Shared

Halloween, whatever it was or has become, was delightful when I was a boy. We dressed...

October 10, 2019

Education: Not Giving Sight to the Blind, Turning the Icon Toward the Original

Professors are not giving sight to the blind, but turning a soul made in the...

October 09, 2019

Filling in for an Absent Friend

Absent friends, those who have gone ahead of us in death, make doing alone what...

October 07, 2019

Threnody gone through Therapy? (A Thought From Republic)

As Autumn comes, I am happy, Christmas is coming, but I am also reminded of...

October 06, 2019

The Mind was Willing, the Passions Were Weak, but God Willing, We Can Overcome

A Near Thing I miss beauty, truth, and goodness, because my mind and spirit are...

October 04, 2019

What to do when Socrates is gone?

The best teacher is not a machine, someone that can be replaced like a part...

October 02, 2019

“How does Hamlet think?” Or Ratiocination Goodish

The Beauty of Ratiocination Ratiocination, precise thinking, is rare, too rare. As a result of...

October 01, 2019

Failing Love or Falling in Love or Why Hamlet Should Have Married Ophelia and Moved to England

Love is better than fear, revenge is not justice, and sometimes you should get away...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

I am sorry, but I am with the Tree OR Why You Should Apologize TO MORE PLANTS!

I am told some Christians apologized to plants. Good for them, theoretically, as this is...

September 29, 2019

Decent Doubt

At nine or ten my pastor father (Father Father) talked to me about God and...

September 29, 2019

Deep Learning . . . 3 Things to Know and Do

Deep learning is when you hear, believe, and change. There are three things I learned from...

September 28, 2019

Wonder is Wonderful

I think, if it were not for hell, Christianity would be perfect for many now...

September 27, 2019

Musical Ambrose

Ambrose made Christian Milan musical. I saw him at rest in the crypt of the...

September 26, 2019

The Death of the City is not a Comedy

The society might have been dying, but he won a few comedy prizes. Aristophanes was...

September 25, 2019

On Doing What We Know (Guest Voice: Jill Bergen)

I asked for guest voices and today I am pleased to introduce a voice that...

September 22, 2019

Christianity does not solve things?

I am often sad. I once met an atheist who said that if I was...

September 21, 2019

On Seeing a Rainbow

I was driving home out of hope. My mom had spoken about the promises of...

September 19, 2019

On Trust (Daniel Webster Davis)

I CAN TRUST I can not see why trials come, And sorrows follow thick and...

September 18, 2019

Nobody Can Bid Anybody to Be Hermione, but God What a Mercy That Some People Are

“The arts,” we were told, “are the soul of the city.” And this was the...

September 17, 2019

Love’s Dream (Romeo and Juliet)

Beware a love or a life based on mere dreams. God may speak in dreams,...

September 15, 2019

Frittering Away The Kingdom in a Party (Shakespeare’s Richard II)

Richard II, at least as portrayed by Shakespeare, frittered away his Kingdom on trivial pursuits...

September 12, 2019

Sappho: The Beauty of Eros

Sappho, according to the little we have of her writings, knows the power of mighty...

September 11, 2019

The Joy of Unexpected Mercy: Life’s Comedy of Errors

Mercy cannot be demanded. Mercy is a gift, not a debt. Mercy is what God...

September 09, 2019

The Holy Cross!

His Grace Bishop Thomas shares some thoughts on the Feast of Holy Cross: For the...

September 08, 2019

I pray because it works. (On Missing Legs)

Prayer probably works, even if you are an atheist. Prayer almost certainly helps the person...

September 07, 2019

Prosper and Repent (Richard III)

Perhaps we can find someone to do some evil for us that good may abound...