BLog
Welcome to our newest endeavor! Here, we aim to upload regular articles and posts to expand on and dive deeper into interesting topics that intersect with our mission to bring the ancient Christian faith to bear on issues prevalent in modern culture. This blog will supplement our existing podcasting schedule. We hope you enjoy!
Poetry as Sacramental Language
“Poetry speaks in ways that move us beyond the realms of proposition. I would argue that poetry, as a theological language, is ultimately one heart speaking to another laid open before God, inviting both poet and reader into deeper and more substantive communion. “
The Enticing Sin of Ascetic Disdain
In the act of empathy, we engage in a dialectic that frees us from worldliness. By bearing burdens, we give ourselves to the world, and the act itself is a re-enactment of the Crucifixion. In this vein, Herbert McCabe provides the haunting reminder that, “If you do not love, you will not be alive; if you love effectively, you will be killed.”
From Acedia to Stability
Acedia cannot be defeated by becoming a more efficient runner on the treadmill. It is defeated by stepping off of it and staying put. Rebecca DeYoung, in “Glittering Vices”, names the heart of the matter with bracing clarity: acedia is “resistance to the demands of love.” Not resistance to effort, necessarily—because the acedic person may pour immense effort into distraction and denial—but resistance to the thousand deaths that love requires. Acedia wants maturity without patience through sacrifice. The moment we recognize acedia is not merely a diagnosis. It is an invitation: an opportunity to consent again to those thousand deaths to self for love’s sake.