The Apostles Enthroned
When we look at the Twelve Apostles, we should know that we are looking not just at heroes who spread the faith and are admired for their work. We are looking at future kings who will reign with Christ over the nations.
The Saint is One Who Has Come Home
Sunday of All Saints, June 23, 2019 Hebrews 11:33-12:2; Matthew 10:32-33, 37-8; 19:27-30 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. On this Sunday of All Saints, as we remember that we are all called to be saints, let us meditate for a few minutes on what it means for someone to be a…
St Columba and the Water of Artbranan
When Christ comes into the world to save the world, He does so not to erase everything that is present but rather to save and to magnify whatever is good.
“Tolkien” Film: How Christian Reviewers are Getting it Wrong (SPOILERS)
Some Christian reviewers ignore all the elements that point to a fully integrated Christian world and look only for things that in the modern sensibility qualify as “religious.”
The Struggle for Prayer
Prayer is a struggle. You know this if you have tried it, especially if you have tried to do it every day or even every week or every month. It is a struggle to pray every morning, to pray every night. It is a struggle to come to church every Sunday, to come to other services.
Should It Matter to Christians When Churches Burn?
Because mankind is created in the image of his Creator, man is also himself a sub-creator, called to engage the creation with his own creativity, in imitation of the creative Creator.
Henry David Thoreau & Mary of Egypt
The Christian hope is not about making our earthly lives better nor even about trying to strip things down to the most necessary earthly things.
VIDEO: J. R. R. Tolkien and The Applicability of Stories
I was honored recently to be a guest on icon carver Jonathan Pageau’s YouTube channel The Symbolic World, discussing how the work of J. R. R. Tolkien is formative for the spiritual life and also my new Amon Sûl podcast, which is all about Tolkien: Enjoy the video, and I hope you’ll also check out Jonathan’s many other videos. It’s really excellent and mind-bending…