While on vacation, we arrived at the Grand Canyon just in time to see the sunset on the South Rim. We had the privilege of experiencing a beautiful sunset of which the pictures taken with my inexpensive point-and-shoot camera do not do … [Continue reading]
Saint Augustine on Felicity
In The City of God, St. Augustine writes of the elevation of Felicity to the status of a goddess. On the value of felicity as something to be sought he writes: Felicity, however, is certainly more valuable than a kingdom. For no one doubts that a … [Continue reading]
Putting first things first
When David was giving final instructions to his son Solomon he said this: “Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God … [Continue reading]
Death, life and the love of God
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” … [Continue reading]
