Articles
Perceiving the Invisible God
It is all too common in our contemporary western worldview to consider God as being absent. Even for believers, it is common to hear that the mode of presence of God has changed…
Bestiary Introduction, Pt. II: Animals on the Cosmic Mountain
In struggling to expand on my introduction to the Bestiary in an understandable, yet relatively brief fashion, I have realized that the most effective way to do so would be with reference to Jonathan Pageau’s “Cosmic Image.” Here, we find a worthy effort to show the...
Mercy’s Triumph Over Evil: From Middle Earth To Golgotha
Introduction “What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!” Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil,...
The Horse, And The Rider
Across cultures and across time, the iconic image of horse and rider is ever familiar. By such images, the wars they brought and their conquest of kingdoms or wilderness is communicated in romantic invocation. We understand its meaning intuitively. We...
The Surprising Symbolism of 666
This is a transcript of a video from November 2019. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. This week, my subscriber count has gone up to 66,000, and passed all the way to 66,700. As it was sixty-six thousand, six hundred and...
Evil, Enlightenment and Easter
Happy Easter! In this article I explain how Easter makes the Christian narrative real and answers the problem of evil.
The Tripartite Symbolism of Man
One hundred men stand solemnly in a perfect circle. All eyes are focused on the single man, about 40, a tall and athletic viking of a man. He is called forward, and is blessed and anointed by the elder. In this ritual, he is to share a commitment of purpose from his soul with the circle of men. He steps towards the blazing fire and falls to his knees…
A Call to Christian Artists
This is a transcript of a video from a few weeks ago, given for the Breath and the Clay's 2021 event. Thanks to Norm Grondin for the transcription. We are at a crossing. Can you feel this? Can you touch the fear and dizziness of our moment? Can you sense the ground...
Introducing Rene Girard to the Symbolic World, and Placing Him Within It
Rene Girard’s theories are introduced to the Symbolic World; certain problems are described and analysed, and Girard is placed within proper bounds.
Possibility, Intelligibility, and the Incarnation
I make the case that the Incarnation does not break the intelligibility behind the non-reductive naturalist worldview, in an attempt to move forward the discussion I had with John Vervaeke and Paul Vanderklay on miracles a few months ago.