In search of truth, goodness, and beauty.
I’m reading Blaise Pascal’s Pensées, long considered a classic of Christian apologetics. Pensées (“Thoughts”) is a collection of fragmentary notes Pascal had been putting together in preparation for a systematic book of apologetics he did not live long enough to…
The definitions of love are too numerous to count. Here is one that I find incredibly powerful: “To love is to will the good of another.” — St. Thomas Aquinas Simple on the surface but rich with meaning, it’s hard…
“And now, here is a message from the Lord to Jacob, his creature, to the Israel he fashioned: Do not be afraid, I have bought thee for myself, and given thee the name thou bearest: thou belongest to me. Pass…
Why not turn to Seinfeld for moral instruction? FIRST LESSON: OBEDIENCE SECOND LESSON: THOU SHALT NOT STEAL THIRD LESSON: VISIT THE SICK FOURTH LESSON: THOU SHALT HAVE NO STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME LESSON FIVE: HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY Reflection…
“Next, the devil took him into the holy city, and there set him down on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down to earth; for it is written, He…