Winter 2025: Anthropology
Join us as we explore God & Science through Anthropology! This issue contains poetry exploring human nature, masterfully crafted articles on heart, horror, and humanity, an interview about adoption, and more.
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Forming a Committee Around a Car That Wouldn’t Start
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The engine wouldn’t turn over; the electrics were dead / We stood around the open hood, each scratching his head…
Read MoreLate January is a Time of Grey
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … I read a little in Billy Collins just now / Because Tolkien is in the other room / Along with the laundry and an unmade bed / Late January is a time of grey…
Read MoreFaithful Friday – Gregory of Nyssa
By Ian Wilson (G) Considered the most astute of the three Cappadocian Fathers, the man who would become Gregory of Nyssa was born into a large, devout Christian family sometime in the fourth century. His older brother was none other than Basil of Caesarea, another one of the Cappadocian Fathers. Together with Gregory of Nazianzus, […]
Read MoreAnother Turn Of The Year
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … About this new year – it doesn’t look so new / But the first sunlight in the bare oak trees / And upon last summer’s ground-shoaling leaves / Lead me to pull on my boots and step outside
Read MoreRed One: Law and Gospel at Christmastide
By Ian Wilson Like millions of Americans, I saw the movie Red One over the Christmas holiday. It was a great film, and like all good stories, it revealed an even deeper truth about the nature of reality. I must warn you that this article will contain numerous spoilers, so if you haven’t seen Red […]
Read MoreDid You Enjoy Your Christmas?
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … That merry little Christmas that they sing about – / Did you open your gifts around a tree / Tinsel and ornaments and a brilliant star / Pajamas and cocoa and merriment…
Read MoreThe O Antiphons, the Star, and Us
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Solstice is not a time when the sun stands still / But rather a season when the sun stands aside / That we may better know the mysteries of deep night / In darkness just before deep Light returns
Read MoreWinter 2025 Photo Contest
We are holding a contest for the best picture that encapsulates Winter. The winning entry will be put on the Table of Contents page of our Winter issue. Other entries will be displayed on another page.
Read MoreA Dixon Ticonderoga #2 Pencil from 1955
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The yellow paint a little aged now / The green metal ring a little bit dull / The eraser now hardened beyond all use / The point well-sharpened with a pocketknife
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Herman Bavinck
By Debbie Robinson … Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) was a renowned Dutch theologian and one of the leading figures of the Neo-Calvinist movement of the late 1800s. Born in the small village of Hoogeveen in the Netherlands, Bavinck was raised in a devout Christian home, which shaped his passion for theology and the Reformed tradition. He studied at the Theological School in Kampen, where he developed a lifelong commitment to exploring the relationship between faith and life.
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … “‘Tis my limited service” on Sundays to mind the door / To open it to the faithful with cheerful greetings / This is pretty much my skill-level, this modest chore / Such is the ancient custom for Sunday meetings
Read MoreFaithful Friday – St. Nicholas
By Ian Wilson (G) One of the most beloved saints of the church was born sometime in the third century AD to wealthy parents in the town of Patara in Asian Minor (modern Turkey). Nicholas’ devout parents raised him the nature and admonition of the Lord, and due to their influence, the young Nicholas dedicated […]
Read MoreSunshine is Dogshine
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … A dachshund will burrow under the garden fence / For every dachshund thinks she is a wolf / A fearsome apex predator with a squeaky toy – / This is in the nature of dachshunds
Read MoreMake Ready
By Amanda Pizzolatto There’s a voice crying out in the wild “Make ready, make straight the wayGod most High shall send His only SonHe Who was born that first Christmas Day.” Ages ago the deceitful serpent said“Do not listen to God, only to meThere are no side effects to the fruitEat it and like God you […]
Read MoreFaithful Friday: St. Saturninus
By Sarah Levesque St. Saturninus (also known as St. Sernin) was a prince of Achaea (Greece), likely born around the beginning of the second century. In 250AD, Pope Fabian (pontiff 236-250AD) sent out missionaries, priests and bishops to Gaul. Among these was Saturninus, who was ordained the first Bishop of Toulouse. In his new Diocese, […]
Read MoreA Row of Missals on the Chimneypiece
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Those inexpensive missals, all in a row / Upon the chimneypiece of their little home / Each with its ribbons in orderly place / Like children in line for the Eucharist
Read MoreThe Weight of a Rifle and other Memorial Poems
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … An old belt buckle in the back of a shelf / Greening brass on a belt now much too short / Maybe the same one I wore on the Vam Co Tay / Scattered thoughts shift to Thomas; I don’t know why
Read MoreYou Did It and other Technobabble
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … I learned that my watch was praising me / For somehow managing to stand on my feet…
Read MoreAutumn 2024: Visual Art
Join us as we explore the True, the Good, and the Beautiful: Visual Art! This issue includes a big announcement as well as thoughts on fine art, Beauty and the Beast, animated movies, and more! As ever, there is Bible Trivia, Controversy Corner and plenty more!
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