In a letter dated from January of 1962 to his friend Carlos M. Luis, José Lezama Lima makes a case for the intimate relation between language and charity: “What lasts [la cantidad] is only possible through faith. Because what lasts with faith is charity. Omnis credit – believe all things. Charity is belief in anticipation. And […]| Infrapolitical Reflections
I’ve been teaching a class at church on C. S. Lewis’s The Four Loves. We’ve worked our way through Affection, Friendship, and Eros. In each case, we’ve seen that God meant for these types of love to be blessings for mankind. They are never wrong in themselves with respect to what God intended for them. Yet, in each case, Lewis spends time showing how each of these loves can go wrong. Affection can develop a neediness that becomes quite selfish. Friendship might descend into an “inne...| Pondering Principles
I’ve written a piece for Cracks in Postmodernity about the decline of the academy. It’s focused around the problem of bad lecturing. More fundamentally, it’s about the inability of the university system to legitimate itself to young people. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/professors-stop-blaming-your-students| Benjamin Studebaker
“Teach me how to show Your Love to others.” – Jesus Listens, February 10 --- “Sam had that ‘going away’ look in her eyes … The post Walking with Loved Ones Through Mental Health Challenges appeared first on Jesus Calling.| Jesus Calling
To be human is to constantly strive, despite repeated failings, to ascend on the ladder, as we say, toward God, toward theosis – and to seek to raise oneself toward the heavenly in all things, in a…| Orthodox in the District
