I don’t think the dark ages come from our inability to read Latin, but from our unwillingness to hear each other. In the end it is always the darkness in our hearts.
in praise of posters
Anyone who walks down a hall of flyers and posted notices knows the community is filled with people who are doing something and you are invited. It’s an emotional connection that says a lot is going on here. And you don’t have to have permission to do stuff.
hospitality begins at home
Dysfunctional families often turn inward, hiding their pains and focusing on their problems while healthy families turn outward, opening themselves to others, sharing God’s blessings without reservation.
the blessing of work
I’ve been reading The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Bottom, and the book itself is a joy. It’s well done literary non-fiction, an exploration of work in ten fields, everything from being an accountant to the manufacturer of cookies. I can’t begin to do justice to the literary and philosophical texture of… Continue reading the blessing of work
the caustic spirit of the age
Find just about any article on politics and the vicious and vacuous comments will make you wonder about the underlying assumptions of a representative democracy.
the daysman 