Jesus
April 15, 2022
Hadrian, the second century Roman emperor, basically wanted to erase Judaism, Jews too in the long run. The emperor, you see, was a champion of Hellenistic civilization; he thought it best everyone follow his lead, culturally and legally—no matter the culture, no matter the laws of those cultures, no matter the religion.
April 24, 2022
There was a monk, a desert father, named Ammonas. He may have been a bishop. Whatever he was, there’s a story about him I’ve always liked. It’s the story of a monk he once had to deal with, a monk who had a bad reputation; no one liked him, and he probably wasn’t a good monk […]
May 1, 2022
To the House of Commons, Winston Churchill once said, “Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of the Gallup Poll.”
May 8, 2022
“My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”[1] Every parent in here knows exactly what Jesus is talking about.
May 21, 2022
I have long been a reader and have learned much from Julia Kristeva, a profound thinker, a philosopher, a literary critic, a poststructuralist, and a feminist in somewhat the French style. It is her work and writing as a psychoanalyst, however, that’s had the most influence on me.