Naming a tune can sometimes take time. There are days when the name will drop instantly. Then there are other… Read more Poem Turned Tune: The Embers of Inhaled Grace
Month: May 2017
F.D.R. June 6th, 1944: “Let Us Devote Ourselves To A Continuance Of Prayer”
With the start of the new school year we’ve been engineering the tone of homeschool for the rest of the year. So,… Read more F.D.R. June 6th, 1944: “Let Us Devote Ourselves To A Continuance Of Prayer”
Why I Really Like Jean Bethke Elshtain…Summed Up In 6 Minutes
Elshtain on ideology, human frailty and fairness… Elshtain on the necessity of maintaining distinctions… Elshtain on the importance of the… Read more Why I Really Like Jean Bethke Elshtain…Summed Up In 6 Minutes
Gollwitzer, On Kristallnacht: “Where Repentance Stops, Inhumanity Begins”
Of all the points of parallel relevance the past has with modern society, there are sometimes moments when historical parallels… Read more Gollwitzer, On Kristallnacht: “Where Repentance Stops, Inhumanity Begins”
The Writing Is On The Wall
Arrested four times, Paul Schneider became one of the first theologians of the Confessing Church to be murdered by the Nazis, and… Read more The Writing Is On The Wall
Roger Scruton: Finding Consolation, Fighting Anxiety & Rediscovering God’s Moral Equilibrium
Having been buried in the topics of theology, specifically Christian history and political theology. I haven’t yet had the chance… Read more Roger Scruton: Finding Consolation, Fighting Anxiety & Rediscovering God’s Moral Equilibrium
Karl Barth, 1939: “Dear France,” Appeasement, Eschatological Defeatism & Resistance
Karl Barth never ceases to confound his students or humble our feeble attempts to steer him in a particular political… Read more Karl Barth, 1939: “Dear France,” Appeasement, Eschatological Defeatism & Resistance
That Wished Forgotten (Soliloquy In The Key of E): Stay In Your Own lane
In a world of “noise” it can be difficult to step up and say something unique. That act risks rejection.… Read more That Wished Forgotten (Soliloquy In The Key of E): Stay In Your Own lane
Emancipation
. I’m schooled by necessity, schooling from what was thrown at me unnecessarily. Gasping for gravity, learning new abilities beyond… Read more Emancipation
Sedated Polis
. Images swallowed are emptied of resonance; Voided passion. Pay-offs and silence; twisted resistance. Social media degradation. The mind controlled,… Read more Sedated Polis
Rod Lampard 