Imagination and Truth

Imagination and Truth

Our world today is facing a crisis of meaning that is rooted to a large extent in a crisis of truth. To understand this and to find a way out, we need to expand how we think about and seek truth beyond those offered us by modernity and postmodernity. Modernity and...
Enchantment: A Word Ramble

Enchantment: A Word Ramble

Poet and etymologist John Ciardi used to do word rambles, where he would take a word, trace its origins, and show direct and indirect connections to other words and phrases. I’d like to extend Ciardi’s approach with a look at the word enchantment to show why it is so...
The Ireland Tour

The Ireland Tour

My last several posts have been on Celtic Christianity. I wrote those in preparation for the historical tour I would be leading in Ireland this month. The tour finished last week. I’d like to thank the 20 people who came with us. I certainly enjoyed the trip, and I...