Your eyes that look beyond my own,Mere dye and egg upon bare wood,Reveal all that cannot be shown:Beauty giving the true and good. Mere dye and egg upon bare wood –To what do figures, still, attend?Beauty giving the true and good.With you, the past and future blend. To what do figures, still, attend?Both here withinContinue reading “Θεωρία (Theoría)”
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Sunday’s Loves
A place built by hands not ours – He powers these short hoursIn which salvation flowers. Thereafter, we tend the child, our duty made but mildby hope of future fealty. Now laid to rest, we take hold of time free, rare as gold, When hearts to each other flee. After domestic relief, we conceiveOf anContinue reading “Sunday’s Loves”
Why Do You Pray?
For Z. H., a wonderful friend who asked me this horribly simple question After having joined me for an evening prayer service, a friend of mine – who himself is without any strong religious affiliation – had a number of questions for me that we discussed over a couple beers. This began with simple technicalContinue reading “Why Do You Pray?”
Reason & Revelation: Questioning Our Beginnings
I have recently had the pleasure of returning to the work of Leo Strauss, a man who has become somewhat unfashionable in universities despite having much purchase throughout the last half century. The precise reason for why he has been cast aside by many is not quite clear to me, though perhaps it has toContinue reading “Reason & Revelation: Questioning Our Beginnings”
Hoping for Clarity 