Hey guys! To all of my frequent readers, welcome back! To those of you who may just be joining me in my read, welcome! I highly recommend hopping over to part 1 and starting at the beginning. This is my personal study of City of God, by Saint Augustine, going point by point through theContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 8”
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Addictech: Devices Designed for You
What topics do you like to discuss? Amongst the many tirades against the vastly steepening decline of any semblance of healthy culture in America, one particular thing stands out to me as a beacon of my own obnoxious rhetoric. Addictech. It’s a phrase that, as far as I am aware of, I coined about twoContinue reading “Addictech: Devices Designed for You”
Rest.
Work. Discipline. Grind. Motivate. Move. You’ve heard all of this before. You don’t need another person telling you to go harder, do more, jump higher. You’re tired, worn out, from pursuing a vision of life that doesn’t make sense. You need to rest. Now, to be very clear, you don’t need to be distracted. YouContinue reading “Rest.”
Thunder
A gentle wind hits my skin As clouds of rain approach I hear a gentle rumblin’ That brings with it a hope And bolt of light that soars on by Illuminates the shade That cover cast by blackened clouds Darkening my gaze I know that simply standing here Will bring me to the eye TheContinue reading “Thunder”
Philemon, Onesimus, and Myself.
In the Bible, there are many great books, lessons, and quotations to draw from. Many are long, full of heraldry, chronicle, symbolism, and metaphor. But there is one single chapter, one simple epistle of Paul, that has recently caught my attention. It is a letter, sending a man named Onesimus back to a man namedContinue reading “Philemon, Onesimus, and Myself.”
Ecclesiastes Part 4: Wickedness and Work
“Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.” – Ecclesiastes 4:17 Welcome back to another post on the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 4: Wickedness and Work”
The Kindness of Critique
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you. When it comes to any endeavor that one wishes to excel, there comes the great matter of how one achieves such excellence. It is, unfortunately, an infrequent matter that a man would find himself among the greats, a virtuoso, without first being humbled byContinue reading “The Kindness of Critique”
Like. Subscribe. Comment.
How do you use social media? I don’t use social media anymore. And that’s a crazy statement in the time that we live, but it’s true. If you stand back and looked at all of the people saying “like, subscribe, comment” you’d probably think the world had been brainwashed. And you aren’t far off. EverythingContinue reading “Like. Subscribe. Comment.”
Meditations On Meditations: Beauty, Stoically
“For instance, when bread is baked, some parts are split at the surface, and these parts which thus open, and have a certain fashion contrary to the purpose of the bakers art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating.” – Marcus Aurelius What a quote this is.Continue reading “Meditations On Meditations: Beauty, Stoically”
Proper Manhood
Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind. What does it mean to be a man? In an era fraught with social media influencers, films and tv series, and real world leaders behaving in increasingly erratic ways, boys across the country and even the world are being led into a false perception ofContinue reading “Proper Manhood”
Modern Survival Arkansas 