For the Second Sunday of the Great Fast Thanks to word causing a hum,Do they come. Capernaum, The place where he’s teaching from.Travelling with great hurt and zeal –All can feelEmpyrealPowers that are said to heal.Four men carrying a friend To portendHe attendTo a body needing mend. First, to be cleansed of sin – AllContinue reading “Mark 2:1-12”
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Specific Acts, Constitutive Identities, and the Religious
When I first reembraced my Faith, I had about a two or three week period when I went to the church nearest my apartment to pray for about thirty minutes each morning in the daily services. I did this because I did not know how to pray (I still do not, really, but now IContinue reading “Specific Acts, Constitutive Identities, and the Religious”
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?”
The Lighthouse
For Shavi, a friend and ikon Orion protects starry skies each night – Giving liberal light with that horse and bear – Their beauty calling eyes to gaze aright, Granting both wonder and direction fair. Yet, despite ever luminous powers, They reveal not all dangers of the dark; For itContinue reading “The Lighthouse”
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 