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  • Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?

    Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?0

    When you think of beauty your mind may go to a sunset or landscape, maybe a famous painting or poem. It is less common to associate beauty with medieval Scholastic philosophy, especially that of a celibate priest named Thomas Aquinas. Ancient peoples leading up to the Scholastic period took beauty very seriously, believing that beauty

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  • Can God Be Truly Good When There Is Suffering?

    Can God Be Truly Good When There Is Suffering?0

    The “problem of evil,” which asks, “How is God good when there is so much evil in the world?” has long remained one of the most contested questions in philosophy. For many the deeper issue is not that evil exists, but that God, in some way, causes evil. But is this the case? The common

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  • 3 Words For Sin and What They Teach Us About Human Nature

    3 Words For Sin and What They Teach Us About Human Nature0

    Though not the focal point of Christianity, an essential foundation to understand the need for Christ is the recognition of human sin. The theological understanding of sin was central in the Hebrew congregation preceding Christ and continues to heavily influence Christianity today; however, because the concept has been around for thousands of years, it can

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  • Need Inspiration? Read Epic Poetry!

    Need Inspiration? Read Epic Poetry!0

    “One ought, every day at least, to … read a good poem.…” – Goethe Interest in the epics and poetry of antiquity is seeing a surprising revival in the 21st century. Part I of the retelling of the Arthurian series by Malcolm Guite, “Galahad and the Grail,” enjoyed wide success last spring and has the literary

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