From Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, by Sebastian Junger: “People speak with incredible contempt about, depending on their views: the rich, the poor, the educated, the foreign born, the President, or the entire…
From Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore’s 1895 book The Rod, the Root, and the Flower: Plato’s cave of shadows is the most profound and simple statement of the relation of the natural to the…
“What is this? the new abbess asks those present, herself most of all. Is this the result of our brother Ustin’s therapeutic measures or the Lorde’s miracle, appearing independently of human action?…
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The sixth-century desert father, Dorotheos of Gaza, gave some very helpful wisdom for emotional people struggling with temptation and/or afflictions. (From Discourses and Sayings): “God does not allow us to be burdened…
From my Touchstone article ‘More Than Schooling‘: “Our loves orient us to visions of human flourishing that pull us towards a certain telos far more effectively than someone trying to push us…
A couple years ago, while doing some work in London, I found myself with an eight day gap in my schedule. I decided to take the train to the quiet countryside of…
One of the most intriguing characters in all of literature is Dr. Alexandre Manette from Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities. For eighteen years, Dr. Manette had been imprisoned in…
What role does self-care play in the spiritual life? Earlier this year someone suggested to me that self-care is basically selfishness. I can understand why someone might think that: after all, Christianity…
Why I Stopped Being a Calvinist (Part 1): Calvinism presents a dehistoricized Bible Why I Stopped Being a Calvinist (Part 2): Calvinism Destroys God’s Justice Why I Stopped Being a Calvinist (Part…
Learning to lovingly ‘tune-in’ to what another person is feeling is ultimately an act of attentive love and self-donation. I’m increasingly convinced that in our age of distractions, inattention and scattered focus,…
What is “emotional intelligence’ and why is it important? That was a question I addressed in ‘Best Kept Secrets About Brain Fitness: a Conversation with Graham Taylor and Robin Phillips (Part 1).’ Here…
