Some children see Him lily white,the baby Jesus born this night.Some children see Him lily white,with tresses soft and fair.Some children see Him bronzed and brown,The Lord of heav’n to earth come down.Some children see Him bronzed and brown,with dark and heavy hair. Some children see Him almond-eyed,this Savior whom we kneel beside.some children see […]
We often play that game that one race oppresses the other. That’s false and only prevents us to see the core issue. When power is at stake, those who see themselves as oppressed quickly become oppressors, very often oppressors of their own. In this article an elder of a tribe was removed from a public […]
How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master? Naturally stupid are all men who have not known God and who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is, or, by studying the works, have failed to recognise the Artificer. Fire however, or wind, […]
Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in E minor RV 484 Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in G major RV 493 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op 40
There’s No Such Thing as the ‘Dark Ages’ Who Started This Misunderstanding? The 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch is the best-known medieval source for the idea that the period in Europe from around 500–1500 was “dark.” But that phrase was a specific gripe. Petrarch was complaining about the general quality of literature in his own specific […]
On envy and its cousin ambition … Envy is an irrational anger at the success of others. — Thomas Aquinas When a friend of mine succeeds, something in me dies. — Gore Vidal