Readings: • 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a • Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 • Rom. 9:1-5 • Mt 14:22-23 A few years ago, I led a Bible study through the Book of Proverbs. It is, of […]
It has been a good stretch in the Ramage garden lately—or at least a busy one. Between harvesting greens, picking the season’s first strawberries, watering young tomato plants, and doing battle with proliferating weeds, my […]
In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I […]
Over the past few months, much of my time and energy has been devoted to a side project exploring God’s two books through the lens of Pope Benedict’s dialogue with atheism. Now, however, I’d like […]
Eroticism is a fundamental feature of contemporary Western civilization. This is not clearly recognized by the majority and is thoroughly rejected by elite opinion.1 To attempt a serious discussion of the matter in the media […]
On the Readings for Sunday, June 17, 2018 […]
“Those who can recognize in the cosmos the reflections of the Creator’s invisible face tend to have a greater love for creatures and greater sensitivity to their symbolic value.” This was central lessons imparted by […]
When faced with the question of why there is so much suffering in the world, the default Christian answer is because of Adam’s sin. This belief is certainly not without warrant. Indeed, a number of […]
My last column delved into the Church’s belief that each creature—even those we find irritating or inconsequential—mirrors the beauty of the divine Logos in our world. Yet, even as every feature of the cosmos reflects […]
In the debut of this column last month, we examined the ancient Christian conviction that our Lord authored “two books,” which is to say that nature is an epiphany of the divine splendor analogous to […]
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