The world is still reeling from President Trump’s recent comments about whether we really need more Haitian immigrants and how African nations are “s***hole countries (1). Perhaps even more shocking than his abhorrent comments is the fact that there are people who continue to adamantly affirm his rancor, revealing the heart of a nation that […]
After Eden
We were never the same after Eden. Sin’s rift is the eternal barrier, a vulnerability coded into every person’s DNA so that we cannot attain Eden. No one since the fall has even tasted that perfection; in fact, beyond momentary glimpses, no one even knows what perfection is. But we strive onward for it. Eden […]
Chaos
There are two groups of people in this world: those who love mathematics and those who detest it. 4 out of 10 Americans1 fall into the latter category and cite difficulty, uselessness and lack of creativity in math, among other things, as reasons for their distaste. Many sentiments among this group are shared with Calvin: […]
What is the body?
She steps out of the shower, frigid. She stands in front of the fogged up mirror, slowly lifting a frail arm to wipe away the steam. She drops her towel, grabs her stomach and turns side to side, her hands touch protruding bone after bone, as finger meets rib with unsettling ease. Hot tears well […]
Living in a Secular Age
The term ‘secular’ has become almost synonymous with progress, Westernization, and democracy. It often stands in contrast to the religious, the traditional, or the authoritarian. It is a beacon of hope in a world tied down by its past superstitions and stains of ignorance. Secularity, it seems, is a very good thing indeed. But what […]
Light and Truth from a Hospice Bed
Light An aged priest limps down the aisle, clutching what looks like pure light in his hands. Golden sun-like rays have been welded around the outline of a single circle, surrounding a single piece of bread in the middle – the Host — and there, kneeling in the convent, I can hear words of the […]