Betrayed “May I speak with you, my Liege?” “Come in, Deacon.” “I am troubled.” “What troubles you?” “I have not received my promotion.” “Are you sure?” “Yes, my Lord.” “You seem grieved.” “Have I not served you well? Have I not labored for you?” “You have labored.” “Then am I not ready to enter further … Continue reading Betrayed
Our most precious gifts are secret and our Father in Heaven who sees in Secret receives them as such, as do those around us. And He shall bestow that secret upon us in Heaven when he shall gives us a stone, upon which is written that name which none other knows. O Lord, open my … Continue reading The Rhetoric of Love: An Offering of the Whole Person
And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.” Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? … Continue reading And the Seven Left no Offspring: An Allegorical Reflection on Sunday’s Reading
Midway upon the journey of our life, I awoke to find myself in a strange place, listless, and lost. I turned and cried out, “Where is my cookie?” Sanctification is sweet, but also disorienting. It is a kind of unmooring: the cutting of ties and the loosing of old cables. There is a spiritual landscape … Continue reading What hast Thou Done with my Cookie? A Tale of the Carrot and the Stick
Pay very close attention to your grades Grades are the things of which character, joy, and knowledge are made of. But they are wily little buggers that are bound to do all sorts of stuff if you don’t watch them. Your father and mother love you, but they are probably far away. Even if they … Continue reading How to Sabotage your (College) Education in Five Easy Steps:
The heavy foot which is light in Heaven does rejoice the host of intelligences, who hush themselves,even before sole doth rise from Earth. Greater than all the oceansof a world which would make a moon of ours, comes forth a roar to meet that laborious victory, even when light hath not yet passed the space … Continue reading The Heavy Foot which is Light in Heaven does Rejoice
Here is a recently uploaded recording of a talk given this past spring on education and friendship with God. Please excuse the paper rustling! You can also find a talk given by colleagues from New College Franklin, Greg Wilbur and Nathan Johnson, on a biblical vision of the quadrivium, titled The Love that Moves the … Continue reading A Talk on Wisdom, Love, and Vocation
This life is full of unexpected surprises, cruel impositions, perplexing absurdities, and undeserved graces. It is the place of wisdom to determine which stands before you and what to do about it. Continue reading Only Thinking Makes it so?
Whoever confesses his sins . . . is already working with God. God indicts your sins; if you also indict them, you are joined with God. Man and sinner are, so to speak, two realities: when you hear “man” – this is what God has made; when you hear “sinner” – this is what man himself has … Continue reading Augustine on Repentance and the Beginning of Good Works
From a three part Commencement address at New College Franklin. Man as Thinker–Dr. Jonathan Rogers; Man as Maker–Brandon Spun; Man as Worshiper–Nathan Johnson. Man as Maker I want to talk focus on the sacramental character of the human person, and in particular of our bodies. In doing so, I hope to clarify the destiny of … Continue reading Man as Maker: New College Franklin Graduation, 2021
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