Inside Yuletide 2024
"Western philosophy is the history of our effort to understand the silence of Parmenides, or to break it."
“Based on what we think we know about biogenesis, there should be life on Mars. If it turns out that there isn’t, somebody’s “got some ‘xplainin’ to do, Lucy”.
"Fully beholding the gift of the Messiah enables me to see Him in the daily moments not only of Advent, but each and every day of the year."
“Chaos is not an absence of causality, as is generally supposed, but an excess.”
“A bond exists between us that unites who Jesus is essentially with who I am existentially. I change with every breath; Jesus never changes.”
“Are soul and spirit just two names for one concept…and do we need either?”
"In my research, I discovered that the shepherds were important to St. Luke for a simple reason: They were the primary eyewitnesses of the events in Bethlehem on the night of Jesus’ birth, and they passed down the story through established methods of oral transmission."
"In the silence of time, God's chosen ones fervently pray "Messiah" on their lips as it was in olden times and is now. "Come, Lord Jesus!" "Come again, Lord Jesus!"
"Hidden grief whispers loud among us, especially at Christmas, as we navigate losses too often dismissed or unacknowledged—but even in the pain, there’s a gift waiting to be unwrapped."