Ruminations

One of the most difficult things to remember is to remember to remember. 

Stephen Batchelor

  • Close but No Cigar
    If you were to go to Meteora, Greece, ascend the spire atop of which is the Great Meteora Monastery, and then followed the monks into their katholikon to attend evening vespers, you would walk by a remarkable fresco surrounding the door. It depicts pagan philosophers Solon, Sybil, Socrates, Plutarch, Homer, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle (amongContinue reading “Close but No Cigar”
  • We All Need Restraint
    I enjoy conversations (not as much the sometime arguments) with my sons. As they grow in understanding and engage in the wider world outside our home, they show me the world in new ways and refresh my understanding of it. Things I’ve held as true without question they question, and I have to think aboutContinue reading “We All Need Restraint”
  • It Ain’t Superstitious If It’s True
    I can’t remember ever being particularly superstitious. I have never feared walking under a ladder, or dreaded bad luck if I broke a mirror, and never thought twice about going out on a Friday just because it was the 13th. None of these or many similar things ever really made sense to me. How couldContinue reading “It Ain’t Superstitious If It’s True”
  • Time to Shake Off the Cobwebs
    It has been quite some time since I posted anything here on my blog, and though I feel a little built guilty about that, the principal reason mitigates that feeling significantly: We’ve had guests and travelled extensively over the Summer. Our preoccupation with hosting and with planning and executing our trips—including a long, significant tripContinue reading “Time to Shake Off the Cobwebs”
  • Off we go.
    For nearly all of my 11 years as a priest, I’ve also been a US Navy chaplain. This gives me a rather unique perspective on priesthood, since I’ve nearly always celebrated the Divine Services of the Church in places not designed for the purpose. The best of these circumstances is a base chapel facility retrofittedContinue reading “Off we go.”

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