Reason • Faith in Christ • Fiction • The Embodied Life
A life examined. A life embodied.
Essays on reality, theology, culture and the ordinary disciplines of living beautifully in the world God made.
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The Distance Between Pleonexia and the Gospel
Pleonexia is the disordered desire to have more than one’s rightful share that is due, specifically when that gain comes at the harm and expense of another or violates the proper order of sound justice. Pleonexia (πλεονεξία), from pleon (more) and echein (to have), translates literally as the desire to have one’s share and more.… Continue reading
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The One God Loved – Fiction Short Story
I died once. Most men get only one chance. I have had two, and the second is coming soon. I am Lazarus of Bethany, Bishop of Kition. I say it because it is the only credential I have that none of the other bishops can claim, and in thirty years of church duties, it has… Continue reading
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What Survives – Fiction Short Story
The road curled along the ridge like a question mark, nothing but a sharp drop beyond the edge. Jessica gripped the tattered armrest. Adan gave her a quick look. “Relax, my love.” She tried to give a calm smile. Then the tires hit ice. In an instant, the old Chevy rolled, once, twice, metal shrieking.… Continue reading
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The Lucky Hobbit
In the captivating narrative of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved book, The Hobbit, readers are immersed in a world where good luck seems to favor the protagonist and his friends at every turn of the story. We encounter phrases such as “by some curious chance” and “in the nick of time,” as well as “only by accident”… Continue reading
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The Making of a Monster
Feminism promises freedom, but cruelly it delivers a grotesque counterfeit of the feminine. It is a trap. Women are told that they can be anything men can be. In the proper sense, this is true. A woman possesses reason, moral agency, creative power, and the capacity for achievement. She is not an inferior creature. She… Continue reading
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A Thing to Be Grasped
On Corporate Flight, Exit Taxes, and the Philosophical Rot Beneath There is a question no California legislator will answer, because the answer condemns them. The question is this: On what basis does a state claim perpetual title to the wealth of a man’s business who has left it? This is not a rhetorical question; it… Continue reading
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The Embodied Life
Hair, juicing, fermentation, health, beauty, and the practical art of caring for the life we have been given.
“The earth produces what the body requires; the body receives what the earth provides; and the whole system functions as a unified expression of the wisdom of the One in Whom all things hold together.”
Kate Grace, The Reasonable Body: A Christian Guide to Juicing