Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Walk through Paul's Letter to the Romans (I wrote this on my journey to work this morning. It began with an effort to make sense of a difficult passage in the first chapter. It ended with something like a targum or paraphrase of the entire letter.) There is no...
Jun 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have a memory from around when I was 4 or 5, It might have been a dream, a piece of media, or a powerful feeling I needed a name for, but I had this image of a child, lost far from home staying in a barn during a storm. Outside the barn is white with fog and raining...
May 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Isaac the Syrian, who is also known as Isaac of Niniveh, belongs to the late seventh century, and was thus roughly a contemporary of St Mildred and the Venerable Bede. He originated from the region of Qatar, on the west side of the Gulf, which at that time was an...
Apr 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
“… in the Beautiful no limit is to be found so that love should have to cease with any limit of the Beautiful." –St. Macrina the Younger “Our theology needs to be beautiful; if it’s more beautiful, it’s probably more true.”...
Apr 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Isaiah's prophecy, cited by St Stephen: "… the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says, ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord....
Apr 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s a scene you’ve experienced if you have children. Your young daughter screams out in the night. You rush to her side and find her semi-awake, still trapped inside a nightmare, and crying out, “Daddy! There’s a monster chasing me!” What do you say? Do you say, “Run...
