“What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.” This quote is the first line of Francis Bacon’s essay, Of Truth.
A famous saying attributed to the Swiss Protestant theologian Karl Barth advises that every preacher should hold a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the
“Give us this day our daily bread” … what does that mean? On the surface, it’s a simple acknowledgment that the things we need to
“Let’s go, Brandon!” has become a popular euphemism for a derogatory chant directed at President Joe Biden. It began in early October when NASCAR driver
“What is truth?” Pontius Pilate’s question might very well be our own today. Over the last century and more, truth as a concept has had
I recently had a doctor’s appointment for routine tests. Nothing much came from it except a small reprimand from my doctor. My doctor, who is
We do not live in space and time because we do not live in a world created by human thought. We live in a world
The question, “Why is there something, rather than nothing?”, within the context of the Judeo-Christian revelation is answered quite simply. The answer is: Because God,
As Roger Scruton says, “Sex is either consecration or desecration, with no neutral territory in between.” That’s essentially the thesis of Terrence Malick’s recent trilogy
In the encyclical, FIDES ET RATIO (Faith and Reason) Pope St. John Paul II explains how faith and reason are the foundation for human wisdom.
“The artist penetrates the concrete world in order to find at its depths the image of its source, the image of ultimate reality.” Flannery
The worst possible fate for me would be to die and discover that I had lived an existence similar to the allegory described in Plato’s Cave. Plato
Man lives in constant delusion. There is a world of difference between a man who is aware of himself, sitting on a hill and looking
