23Aug

World Affirming Theme

August 23, 2022 Gil Bailie

For those wearied and disheartened by the corruption and dissipation of the culture formed by the biblical tradition, Balthasar calls...

04Jul

A July 4th Reflection – “something more than common”

July 4, 2022 Randy Coleman-Riese

In 1861 the newly elected 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was slowly making his way from Springfield,...

17Jun

June 17, 2022 Randy Coleman-Riese

Poems from a Diary 1974 Who will last? And what? The wind will stay, and the blind man's blindness when...

30May

May 30, 2022 Randy Coleman-Riese

Amid the aftermath of the most recent episodes of civilian slaughter we come to our National Day of Remembrance for...

22Apr

April 22, 2022 Randy Coleman-Riese

We are celebrating this Easter season of Resurrection by offering to all who stop by our dusty corner of the...

21Apr

April 21, 2022 Gil Bailie

In the middle of the last century, Hans Urs von Balthasar worried that the West was “preparing highly developed civilizations...

17Apr

April 17, 2022 Randy Coleman-Riese

What they felt then: is it notabove all other mysteries the sweetestand yet still earthly:when he, pale from the...

14Apr

April 14, 2022 Randy Coleman-Riese

It may be difficult for denizens of the 21st century to appreciate the hopelessness felt in the presence of...

11Apr

April 11, 2022 Gil Bailie

One of the most glorious sights in the world is a wide, beaming smile of someone who has a missing...

26Mar

March 26, 2022 Gil Bailie

“The deritualization of social life invites struggles for power. Far from being an enlightening process, the destruction of ritual in...