Category Archives: Philosophy
Gravity
Simone Weil wrote: “All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to the laws of physical gravity. Grace is the only exception. We must always expect things to happen in conformity with the laws of gravity unless there is supernatural intervention.”
Gravity is absorption, expansion, swelling, acquisition; it is emptiness seeking to [...]
Rerun: Objections, and Kenosis
These were originally posted September 26 and 28, 2008. I combined them into one entry here. Hopefully this will be the last of the reruns.
If I doubted my faith, it wouldn’t be due to scientific evidence or philosophical reasoning. The most compelling arguments against my faith are the practical ones, the arguments based on things [...]
Rerun: Clifford’s Principle
This was originally posted March 25, 2009.
At the last Grab a Brew, someone asked a question: “Would you rather be right with no evidence to back you up, or wrong, but with good evidence for it?”
I had never heard or considered this question before. My own answer was immediately obvious, but as he continued, it [...]
Wonder
It was late afternoon, probably sometime in November, and I was reading a book. The sun had reached the point in its descent where if I had just then started reading I might have turned on the lamp, but I could still read for a little while longer by the natural light coming in the [...]
The Truth
If we know the truth, and it doesn’t set us free, it is not the truth. (Jn. 8:32)
Belief, pt. 4: The Spirit’s Chisel
I live as though believing something makes it real: as though what I believe about God is true of Him, and has always been true of Him, and when I change my mind, He changes along with it. From one day to another, this feels natural, but when I consider how much my conception of [...]
Belief, pt. 3: Karma & Prayer
Belief is a powerful force. It is the cause of fulfillment and the cause of disappointment; the cause of sacrifice and the cause of suicide; the cause of art’s creation and of its destruction.
It is so dynamic that a single spoken sentence of forgiveness can put an end to a decade of hurt, and so [...]
Belief, pt. 2: Nutrition Facts
I am insatiably curious, so for the last 15 years, I have read the nutrition facts on almost every package of food I’ve eaten. It’s just shy of a compulsion. I am not a proactively healthy eater, but I do like to know the numbers behind what I am eating so I can avoid the [...]
Belief, pt. 1: Words & Truth
Since I’ve started writing more in this past year, I have come to appreciate how hard it is to write well. The skill with which a good writer can weave together words and ideas is comparable to the skill required of a woodworker to build a guitar. Every detail must be carefully addressed, and each [...]
