Dear Peregrinus (7:30 PM, Sunday): Our mutual friend, Fr. Rick Ganz, has journeyed to Coeur d’Alene for the summer to begin composition of his masterwork and to save the souls of wayward Idahoans. … [Read more...] about On “Be Not Afraid”
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On Syzygy and the Mystery of the Moon
Seeing the “far side” of the Moon as it transits the sunlit Earth[1] Dear Peregrinus (Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time): I have been thinking about syzygy.[2] You? No, it was not a New York Times … [Read more...] about On Syzygy and the Mystery of the Moon
A Very Private Consolation
Dear Peregrinus (12 Noon, Friday): My goodness it has been some weeks since last we communicated - it was before Lent began on February 14th. My time was taken up with writing the Lenten … [Read more...] about A Very Private Consolation
On Resolution
Norman Rockwell, “Freedom of Religion,” one of his The Four Freedoms paintings. [1] Dear Peregrinus (9:45 AM, Tuesday): Happy new year to you, old friend, by which I do not mean from January 1st … [Read more...] about On Resolution
On Imagination as a Power to re-Live
Dear Peregrinus (Sunday, 8:37 AM, Pacific Standard Time as of 2 AM this morning): Thank you for writing back to me, and for that quotation you sent from Tolstoy’s novel, Anna Karenina[1] (written … [Read more...] about On Imagination as a Power to re-Live
On The Quickening
Dear Peregrinus (4:22 PM): Thank you for your letter and for passing along to me the kind words spoken to you about the study trip to Oxford University that Steve (and Thanne) and I led during the … [Read more...] about On The Quickening
Editing is About the Soul’s Availability
Dear Peregrinus (Tuesday, 1 PM): I imagine that all of us in the Pacific Northwest are praying that the rain that has come today to our region for the first time in almost four months will mark the … [Read more...] about Editing is About the Soul’s Availability
On Super Powers
Dear Peregrinus (Saturday, 1:12 PM): The high heat in Portland has for the moment expended itself. This means – to speak only about me and my comfort! – that the temperature in my office registers … [Read more...] about On Super Powers
On Mistakes
Dear Peregrinus (Saturday, 12 Noon): Finally our Summer here has gained the confidence it lacked in June. Good! You asked me whether we could, or dare to, attribute to Jesus “mistakes.” The … [Read more...] about On Mistakes
The Fact of a Face
Dear Peregrinus (on the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity): It has been awhile since we traded letters, and so I feel happy again to be in contact with your good self. Thank you for our many years of … [Read more...] about The Fact of a Face