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
And God’s comfort to his family. “The gospel is this,” Keller said time and again: “We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” At his church in Manhattan, Keller told the nation’s cultural elites […]
“… to more fully know and love God, who is as much the captivator of minds as he is the compeller of hearts.” I love the expression as it is not either-or, either mind or heart, but the unity of those two. More on it here.
“My people, what have I done to you, how have I made you tired of me? Answer me!” … Will he (God) be pleased with rams by the thousand, with ten thousand streams of oil? Shall I offer my eldest son for my wrong-doing, the child of my own body for my sin? You have […]
In early 2023 in Auckland certain Posie Parker was drowned out by a crowd of over a thousand people and attacked with tomato juice. They called it people power. Roughly 2,000 years ago on Easter in Jerusalem a crowd persuaded a cowardly governor to have the King of the Jews crucified. Perhaps they called it […]