“Aristotle, I have been told, hath said, that Poetry is the most philosophic of all writing, it is do, its object is truth, not individual and local, but genera...
The Gospel of Saint John begins: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God … The Word became flesh and made his dwelling a...
What is faith?
That has troubled me a lot. I often find myself praying for Jesus to reveal himself to the world, becoming frustrated when it doesn't happen, an...
As I write this post, I’m sitting in a comfortable armchair and gazing out of a window overlooking Harvard Yard. I’ve got my iced tea, and I’m planning on rea...
Power Beyond Human Reasoning
Last week I discussed Pascal’s Wager as forming a partial basis for faith in Christianity. That is, it serves as an argument for a...
This is Part Two of the ongoing series “Maps and Territories.”
Last week we saw how I ended up thinking my beliefs about God actually were God Himself, and was ...
An agnostic friend asked me a question a few weeks ago and I’ve been trying to come up with a satisfying answer. I have yet to come up with one that ...
"How malicious philosophers can be!" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Plato is the Anti-Christ? I am fervently of the opinion--so fervently of the opinion, in fact, tha...
What’s wrong with Jesus’ disciples? Why are they so faithless? Given the chance to follow Jesus himself, shouldn’t they be different?
I have asked these ...
A friend marveled at my faith once, noting how I'm only "new to the church," yet still seemingly a lot more "faithful" than those who've been Christians their w...