Islam, Worldview, and the Deep Questions of Life Invest time in personal relationships with non-Christians. The Enlightenment was fundamentally mistaken in supposing that reason is the key driver of history and human decisions. It is not.
St. Anselm and Prayerful Theology St. Anselm can only be understood in light of his aim: the joy-filled experience of the beatific vision.
Epiphany Seen through Monastic Eyes The central theme for Epiphanytide is the manifestation of Christ to the world, which leads to the obvious exhortation that every Christian is called to repent and believe in the gospel.
The light shines incomprehensibly The light shines in the darkness. And the darkness cannot understand it, control it, name it, manipulate it, or master it.
Light in the darkness The Scriptures are saturated with imagery of light; they begin with God speaking light into being and end with the heavenly Jerusalem alight with the glory of God.
Seeing Jesus before penitence: No return to the Gesimas Epiphany has become a season, and that is a good thing.
The meditation of Simeon Because of His visitation, we may no longer desire God as if He were lacking: our redemption is no longer a question of pursuit but of surrender to Him who is always and everywhere present.