We're all familiar with the traditional story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. We're also probably familiar with the revisionist attempts...
Plymouth, 1621
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Where Are We From? The Search for Roots
Our culture today suffers from liquid modernity, where mindsets and institutions dissolves all of the things on which we have historically built our...
Vampires in New England
There were a number of vampire scares in New England in the late 1700s to late 1800s. This article includes accounts of some of them and an...
Cursing Charlie Kirk
Jezebel Magazine paid to have Charlie Kirk hexed. What should we think about this, and what does it say about our culture’s growing shift toward...
C.S. Lewis on Reality, Truth, and Myth
I have started a substack page where I will be writing primarily about disenchantment, dark enchantment, and Christian reenchantment. I will be...
Addison’s Walk
On September 19, 1931, 94 years ago today, three friends had a conversation on Addison’s Walk, a tree-lined path on the grounds of Magdalen...
We’re at War, but Who is the Enemy?
The murders of Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk are connected by more than politics. In this substack article I explore the spiritual dimensions at...
St. Helena and the True Cross
September 14 is the Feast of the Cross. Celebrated by Catholics (Latin and Eastern Rites), Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, the Church of the East,...
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...
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...
A World of Delight
In thinking about what it means to have a Christian worldview, I long ago realized that we have been living in a world that is...
St. Columba vs. the Loch Ness Monster
It’s been quite a while since I posted. The summer has been very busy with travels and family, but I’m now in a position to get back to posting....
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...
Columbanus (540-615): An Irish Missionary Monk
In the early middle ages (roughly AD 500-1000), European civilization was in serious decline. The climate had gotten colder and wetter, resulting in...
The Irish Peregrini
One of the unique aspects of Irish Christianity was the practice of peregrinatio, or pilgrimage. To understand this, it is helpful to look at Irish...