I’ve often found that vain and repetitive worship music leaves me empty. Nessuno argues that Christian art is at its best when it stops telling us what to feel and gives us something real and specific to see, imagine, and experience—something that points us beyond ourselves to God. The problem emerges when Christians stop tryingContinueContinue reading “Clippings: Why Christian Writing Isn’t Good – Emilia Nessuno”
Category Archives: Digging In
Clippings: Things that make you think…
One day, the devil appeared to three monks and asked them, one by one, what they would change in the past. He asked: “If I gave you the power to change something in your past, what would you change?” The first monk, with great apostolic zeal, quickly responded: “I would prevent you from causing AdamContinueContinue reading “Clippings: Things that make you think…”
Deep Blue Intro: The Art of Sylwia Perczak
I recently came across a post that placed a Chesterton line—“If there were no God, there would be no atheists”—beside Sylwia Perczak’s painting of Saint Christopher. The pairing felt odd; the quote and the image seemed to have little to do with each other. Yet the painting itself held me. The longer I looked atContinueContinue reading “Deep Blue Intro: The Art of Sylwia Perczak”
Marginalia: The tassels of His Garment : r/Bible
I came across this little gem today: a reflection on the woman who touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, and then Matthew 14:34–36, another scene where people reach for the fringe of His clothing and are healed. I had not really held those passages together before. Reading it in its Jewish context brings a rewardingContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: The tassels of His Garment : r/Bible”
Marginalia: Launching a Second Scientific Revolution – Imprimis
If we continue as we have been, the prospect of our children living shorter, less healthy lives than we do is a real possibility. Jay Bhattacharya — director of the National Institutes of Health — makes some solid points relative to scientific research: it should be replicable, at the bleeding edge, and not siloed in establishedContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: Launching a Second Scientific Revolution – Imprimis”