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Advent and Communion (part 3): "We have an altar..."
Ghost stories at Christmas: a handful of recommendations
Advent and Communion (part 2): "Of thy mystic supper, O Son of God..."
Mysticism and music 13: Benjamin Britten's "Saint Nicolas" cantata
Advent and Communion (part 1): "Love bade me welcome"
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on prayer, The Philokalia, Christian unity and other subjects
Post-election epistle: Why Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler" is a balm for the soul
Thoughts on Joseph Campbell (short video interview)
A word from St. Augustine on election day
Mysticism and music 12: Healey Willan, Anglo-Catholic composer
Dom Cuthbert Butler's six characteristics of "Western Mysticism"
An autumn meditation: death, ghosts, and contemplation
"Warriors of God" by Walter Nigg (a new "old" book from Angelico Press)
Dr. Milliner & the ghost of Teilhard: recommended reading
"The Art of Eternity": a three-part BBC documentary with Andrew Graham-Dixon
Time, eternity, the creation, and prayer
Mysticism and music 11: Music for St. Francis of Assisi (free post)
"The Three Methods of Prayer" (part 2 of 2)
"The Three Methods of Prayer" (part 1 of 2)
Re-post: Pragmatism, dogmatism, and dogma
Sentiments abstractly Christian
Re-post: The Bible: what it is
The Christian concept of dispassionate love (an audio recording)
Notes toward a pragmatic "Perennial Philosophy" (part 4): Honey and salt
Two recommended videos: Erik Varden on chastity, Bernard McGinn on St. Bernard
Notes toward a pragmatic "Perennial Philosophy" (part 3): A modest proposal
Notes toward a pragmatic "Perennial Philosophy" (part 2): Not just fruits, but roots, too
Notes toward a pragmatic "Perennial Philosophy" (part 1): The conscience of Arjuna
New documentary: "The Spirit and the Text: Assessing Biblical Inerrancy" (free post)
Prelude to forthcoming posts (also: the Orthodox catechumenate and two videos)
Recommended viewing on YouTube: "Monsignor Quixote" (1987) and "The Best of Friends" (1991)
Apostle Paul (2): opposing bodies
Apostle Paul (1): his "worlds"
Politics and the passions: Addendum (free post)
Some notices about forthcoming books
Beyond "monism" and "dualism"; beyond "spiritual" and "fleshly"
Peter Brook's "The Mahābhārata" (1989)
Beyond "religion" and "spirituality"
The Holy Spirit: two-thirds of a Russian documentary
"Remaining Christian": an eight-minute video (free post)
Recommended book and lecture: "Christ the Eternal Tao"
Force, violence, and the kingdom
Between presumption and disobedience: Gregory's dilemma
Two recommended lectures (free post)
Athanasius, the Logos, and salvation through the senses
When we come to the fork in the road
Three minutes on Thomas Cole and "The Voyage of Life" (video)
"A Third Testament": Malcolm Muggeridge's six-part video series, fifty years later
Mysticism and music 10: Arvo Pärt and St. Silouan the Athonite (three videos)
Confucius: two cinematic treatments (free post)
Mencius and coming to know Heaven
A reflection in Paschaltide: Addendum (free post)
Mysticism and music 9: Stabat Mater in nine versions
Self, no-self, & human "complexity"
Paul and Jewish mysticism (free post)
Remembering Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: two videos
The non-negotiable first commandment
The "Comment Magazine" interview (free post)
Spiritual direction (7): "There is no health in us"
Spiritual direction (6): Watchers and watchfulness
Spiritual direction (5): Childhood, despair, and Gehenna
Recommended article: Matthew Milliner's "The Tree of India"
Spiritual direction (4): Reconstructing our faith
Spiritual direction (3): the conditions of the unconditional
A grab bag of items (free post)
Spiritual direction (2): love and death
Recommended: Antiquum Documentum (and a note regarding the last post on "politics & social media")
Spiritual direction (1): concerning politics & social media
David B., Robert W., and I answer a question concerning the "Hartian style"
The Gospels, part 15: The Gospel of Thomas
To you all for New Year's Day: two bits of spiritual advice...