“Beauty—from that which we see in nature to that which is expressed in words of art—, precisely because it broadens the horizon of human consciousness,

Just exactly how many wives he had—or has, since he’s only out of circulation, not breath—isn’t clear. Estimations go beyond what you can count on

I fully intended to write a political screed today. Feed the outrage machine. Bait the clicks. Gin up controversy. Hurricanes, earthquakes, mass shootings with assault

“The world feels high lonesome and heartbroken to me right now. We’ve sorted ourselves into fractions based on our politics and ideology. We’ve turned away

This is not the first time I have blogged about guns in America.   A couple of years ago I suggested that people whose ultimate vision

What is the best way to enact change in society? Do polite requests work? Are we to act like the persistent widow in Jesus’s parable?

by Heidi S. De Jonge This past Wednesday morning, I took an early morning bike ride. A paradoxical ride. Autumn had arrived, but the temperature

I can just see it. Ten, maybe twenty, years from now, an avalanche of new books will come out. Or, maybe it will just be