We got to the place and stared at it. I looked down at the plaque, and it said: “Construction (Crucifixion).” Ah-ha. "Leo," I said, trying to sound natural and not too teacherly, "this is a picture of where Jesus died on the cross." He reached his arms up for me to hold him, wanting to be close to me, and also higher up to see. Once near, he pointed matter-of-factly at the circle and said, "Ok, mama. Then is that the stone that was rolled away?"
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On Contemplation, Imaginary Numbers, and the Garden of Forking Methods
Articles of Note
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‘Hamlet’ as Lenten Fare
It has been a hard winter in lots of ways, and my spiritual life is not immune to the toll the virus took. That said, one upside of the interruption is that I have made an unlikely substitution for what would have been conventional devotional reading in a more typical year: Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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Concerning Humility
When I was eight, I saw the photo of Muhammad Ali delivering the knockout to Sonny Liston. I was awestruck. The next Saturday, when I was lucky enough to win my little league wrestling match, I tried to replicate Ali’s pose. My parents called me up to the bleachers and I received an early lesson in humility.
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Featured Artist: Megan Moore
⚆ 2020 taught me to slow down and take on the responsibility of understanding the world around me.
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“To the Light on the Floor”
Original poetry from Veritas Journal.
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The Eccentricities of an Evolving Odd-Toed Ungulate
“Odd-toed”? Horses have hooves; why not say “single-toed” instead of “odd-toed”? Turns out, depending on who you ask, horses may have three or even five toes on each limb.
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Of Travelers and Itinera: From Jerusalem to Japan
The art of cartography is one that has undergone constant revision. Mapmakers have sometimes gotten things wrong for centuries at a time. Public contradictions abound. Yet we never stop making maps.
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Happy Public Domain Day, 2021!
This year’s list items entering the public domain in the United States includes several notable works from 1925, the year the British Broadcasting Company called “the greatest year for books ever.”
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Advent Darkness, Christmas Light, and Life Beyond
Articles of note from month of December
