Category: Saints and Sanctuaries
Unforsaken: Fantasy, Providence, and the Silence of God
With the rising popularity of fantasy within Western culture, examples of the genre (both skillful...
The Holy Dead: Saints as Sanctuaries
I have a thing about saints and such. During my purgatorial passage through more “spiritual”...
Saints, Suffering, and Sanctuaries from Around the World: Japan, Korea, and China
Stories of heroic saints and inspiring sanctuaries abound in the history of the church of Jesus...
Adventure & Faith: Lessons from the Life of St. Brendan the Navigator and Bilbo Baggins
Victorian writer George Eliot once wrote that, “Adventure is not outside a man; it is...
The Offering of St. Ignatius
What is a saint? Why should we give more attention to some believers than others? The disagreement...
But It’s Not Fair
What happens when human suffering suddenly enters into a life that was endowed with renown,...
Cathedral Cosmos: A Glance Heavenward into the Medieval Model
My appetite for exploring England could not have been better whetted than by soaking up the smooth...
Shelter in the Vine: An Unexpected Sanctuary
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will...
The Kingdom of Kings and Queens: A Parable
From a distant, war-plagued land, a lone traveler set out to find a safer place to live. Carrying...
Sanctuaries for the Suffering: Trauma and Imagination in Apologetics
A sanctuary is a physical space that is sacred and used for worship. Sanctuaries have...
Sestina for Miracle-Seekers
Hearing that Benedict of Nursia (480-547) miraculously returned a shattered earthenware pot to its...
Prelude
This poem was inspired by a moment of brightness that lit up my garden in County Antrim, Northern...
The Voyage of the Titan
“It could never happen here.” Thomas was aghast. Although he was typically quite...
Rest and Reemergence: Rivendell As a Sanctuary
As Bilbo Baggins and company arrive in Rivendell in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the reader...
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
In late summer 2021, as a sort of final “hoorah!” before holiday ended and the term began again, I...
Fire and Water: Three Kwansabas in Memory of the Ugandan Martyrs, Charles Lwanga and Companions
Charles Lwanga served as a page in the court of the 19th century Ugandan King Mwanga, who sexually...
Ode to Francis
Born Francis Bernadone to a rich merchant family, the medieval-era mystic Francis of Assisi...
