"I must learn in this life to accept the fact that hunger and restlessness are part of what I am made for. To love God is not to acquire the biggest and best gratification of all but to have my whole experience of love transfigured. Instead of the manic struggle to fill the gap in... Continue Reading →
How secularism ‘avoids discussing what is good’
From the second chapter entitled 'On the Negative Spirit' of G. K. Chesterton's book Heretics, he majestically dismantles the secualrized notion of "progress", an idea that on the surface of things sounds mature but as Chesterton shows, is actually devoid of a telos, a true goal that most of human history (until the modern age) has been concerned with. In... Continue Reading →
Why Bother?
"I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!" Psalm 27:13 I consider the brokenness of the world and I think, "Why bother?" I look at the corruption all around me and I cry, "Why bother?" I wonder at my inability to live with my neighbour... Continue Reading →