A Call to Lament: An Apologetic Study of the Anglo-Saxon Elegies

Sickness, loss, and death are a natural part of life that we continually confront over the course of our time on earth.  In modern culture, these cold realities of life […]

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Cosmos

Revolution! Copernicus did fling ……Earth’s sphere into high orbit. Luna laughed as Terra stumbled to conceive ……Her own reeling, tethered traverse. Neither up nor down, twin poles tip and taunt, […]

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The Dream of the Crown

‘Dream of the Crown’ is a poem that pays homage not only to the Christ who suffered the crown of thorns or the crown itself but medieval dream poetry. Specifically, […]

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Chronological Snobbery: In Reply to Contemporary Petrarchs

These are questions that must be asked, Questions of great importance: Can Renaissance or Reformation Have roots soiled in darkness?   What if I inquired about Alighieri or Aquinas: Would […]

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Death, Grief, and Hope in Pearl

There is one commonality among every person born. Each will die. Even though this is known to be true with absolute certainty, it still seems to come as a shock.  […]

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An Unlikely Witness

The poet who penned The Dream of the Rood for the Anglo-Saxon people faced the challenge of communicating the saving power of Christ’s death on a cross to a people […]

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Christ, Our Hero at Calvary: Meaning and Metaphor in Beowulf and “The Dream of the Rood”

When Christians like St Augustine of Canterbury first brought the Gospel over to Britain in the late sixth century, they were entering a culture that was totally ignorant of the […]

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Hagia Sophia and the Evidential Power of Beauty: Divine Architecture as Apologetics

Truth in Stone and Flesh Hagia Sophia, located in Turkey, is one of the greatest structures ever built. Erected in the 6th century, it is the culmination of a long, […]

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Francis of Assisi

“Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun … Sister Moon … Brother Wind … sister Water … Brother Fire … Sister Mother Earth […]

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