Posted on November 12, 2017
DELIVER US FROM EVILBeing • Eschatology • God • Prayer • Time
These are the final 4 words of the Lord’s Prayer (Mt. Read more
Posted on October 15, 2017
SEVEN WORDSAnaximander • Being • Culture • God • Time
Being
Good
Beauty Truth Justice
Love
Presence
Every important branch of philosophy focuses on one or more of these seven words and/or on the relations... Read more
Posted on July 26, 2017
PROCESS THEOLOGYBeing • Existentialism • God • Time • Trinity • Whitehead
The British philosopher and mathematician, Alfred North Whitehead, is generally considered the ‘father of process philosophy’. Read more
Posted on June 27, 2017
WHY WE HAVE NO CLUEBeing • Culture
A 5 year old grandson of mine explained the difference between immortality and eternity in a way that would have made Augustine of Hippo cry. Read more
Posted on June 23, 2017
SAINT SARTRE?Being • Culture • Existentialism • God
Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher prolific from 1938 to 1980, is not often linked with Leo XIII, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903. Read more
Posted on April 29, 2017
FAITH HOPE LOVEBeing • Existentialism • God • John & Paul • Time • Whitehead
“Love is patient, love is kind…It does not seek its own interests, it…rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. Read more
Posted on March 28, 2017
THE ONE AND THE MANYBeing • Eschatology • God • Time • Trinity
(This essay is dedicated to Ralph Pred, mentor and friend, who taught me almost everything I know and who would probably disagree with almost everything in this essay. Thank you, Ralph. Read more
Posted on January 27, 2017
BEATITUDESBeing • Culture
Reading Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is a bit like going down a rabbit hole or passing through the looking glass. Nothing is as it should be; everything is turned around or upside down. Read more
Posted on January 11, 2017
MORALS OR VALUESBeing • Culture • Existentialism • God
For most of us, our first encounter with “morality” comes through our parents (or parent figures). Read more
Posted on October 17, 2016
DEUTERONOMYBeing • Existentialism
Deuteronomy, the last book of the Torah, the 5th book of the Bible, consists of 34 Chapters containing on average about 35 verses each. We will focus on just one of those verses (Deut. Read more
Posted on May 20, 2016
HOW THE WORLD WORKSBeing • Eschatology • God • Trinity • Whitehead
The world consists entirely of events.
Events have elements but not parts: they are indivisible because they are self-reflective and recursive. Read more
Posted on April 17, 2016
The PROBLEM OF GOODBeing • God • Time • Whitehead
You’re familiar with the Problem of Evil. It is an argument often advanced against the existence of God. Read more
Posted on December 20, 2014
DANTE & THE YELLOW SUBMARINEAnaximander • Being • Science • Time • Whitehead • Yellow Submarine
"In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. Ah, how hard a thing it is to tell of that wood, savage and harsh and dense... Read more
Posted on September 22, 2014
SAINT DALLAN'S CREEDBeing • God • Prayer • Whitehead
Philosophy has traditionally distinguished between the essence of things and the existence of things. Read more
Posted on April 27, 2014
RIGHT AND JUST written by David CowlesBeing • Christ • Eschatology • God • Whitehead
In Roman Catholic liturgy, the Eucharistic Prayer, the central event of the Mass that incorporates the Transubstantiation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ (“this is my body…this... Read more
Posted on February 13, 2014
NIETZSCHE written by David CowlesAnaximander • Being • Christ • Existentialism • Heraclitus • John & Paul • Trinity • Whitehead
“What alone can our teaching be? – That no one gives a human being his qualities: not God, not society, not his parents or ancestors, not he himself…”
“The fatality of his nature cannot b... Read more
Posted on September 2, 2013
ONTOLOGICAL DEMOCRACYBeing • Culture • Pound & Joyce
What is real…and what isn’t? It seems at times that this question defines the entire project of our lives. As very young children, we accept everything as real. Read more
Posted on July 8, 2013
FRAGMENT 8Being • Eschatology • Parmenides • Whitehead
What is the most important single work in Western philosophical tradition? Is it Plato’s Timaeus? John’s Gospel? Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason? Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
... Read more
Posted on March 3, 2013
ECCLESIASTESBeing • Eschatology • Existentialism • God • Politics
“Vanity of vanities. All things are vanity. Read more
Posted on January 13, 2013
THE SECRET LIFE OF THINGSBeing • Trinity
What is a ‘thing’?
According to the Nicene Creed, God is the creator of “all things, visible and invisible” and according to the Gospel of John, it is through the Logos (Christ) that “all... Read more
Posted on November 25, 2012
THE REALISTIC MANIFESTOBeing • Culture • Heraclitus • Politics • Time
It’s 1920. The glow of the Russian Revolution is everywhere and dialectical materialism is the philosophy de jour. Every aspect of life in Russian society is undergoing radical transformation. Read more
Posted on November 25, 2012
HENRY MOORE AT ST. PAUL'SBeing • Christ • Culture • Eschatology • God • Time
If you want to understand what’s special about the Christian world view, travel to London and visit St. Paul’s Cathedral. Read more
Posted on November 25, 2012
LOVE...ACTUALLY!*Being • Existentialism • Time • Trinity
“I love you,” perhaps the most famous phrase in all of human speech. But what does it mean? I love many things: my wife and children, a fine bottle of wine, foie gras, London, to name a very few. Read more
Posted on October 27, 2011
THE THREE MODALITIES OF BEINGAnaximander • Being • Existentialism • John & Paul
I, you, he/she/it, the three persons of verbal conjugation, a staple of nearly every grammar class, be it modern (English), classical (Latin) or exotic (Klingon). Read more