I suppose one of the greatest mercies God affords us is that when we’re born, we haven’t the skills to wonder about what a curious thing being is. You are, and that’s how it all begins. One of the saddest things, however, is that many people never begin to wonder about that. Journey isn’t going […]
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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned Christian magic, Christian charms and spells, common enough in the Middle Ages but pretty much extinct now. Find that post here. And I left the subject wondering what happened to this custom. Why did it disappear? The charms weren’t particularly pagan, so it can’t be that everybody suddenly […]
There’s a certain irony to seeing someone who has worked against themselves so successfully that, having arrived at their great goal in life, they find they can’t practice their beloved trade anymore because they have to work at other things all the time to support their new successful status. That’s the politician for you. It’s […]
Last week, exploring the chance to see some medieval art in Washington DC this winter, I wrote about Anonymous 4 and the Folger Consort at the National Cathedral, and rounded it out with a mention of the Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard at the National Geographic’s Explorer’s Hall. You can find that post here. But there’s more, […]
Anonymous 4 and the Folger Consort appeared at the Washington National Cathedral last Friday night performing some of the sacred songs of 12th century mystic Hildegard von Bingen (and some 13th century French court music for variety) in a program they call Heavenly Revelations, and altogether it was a solid evening of twelfth-century Christian mystical […]
Would you go out of your way to get yourself castaway on a desert island? Because if you’re a writer, that’s what you’ve done. You’ve rowed out into the middle of the sea all by yourself, found a little island, rowed ashore, and got out onto the sand. The only thing you brought with you […]
What deluded miserable creature doesn’t want to feed the hungry, heal the sick, and thwart the unjust? It’s not only fair and right and good, it’s even cheaper that way. That’s just cold, hard reality. So we have a world full of serious, sober-minded men and women doing their best to make this all happen. […]
