Heaven Is a Concert Hall

by Peter J. Leithart

The Spirit won’t stop until all creation is heavenized, until all things unite in praise. Continue Reading »

9 Jul 2021

Made to Make

by Peter J. Leithart

The early story of human creativity foreshadows the hinge of human history. Continue Reading »

28 May 2021

Retune the Sky

by Peter J. Leithart

Music is the best language we have to describe the unified diversity of God’s life, the perfect harmony of Father, Son, and Spirit. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2020

“The Heavens Declare the Glory of God…”

by George Weigel

Astronomy Picture of the Day provides me with a preview of what I hope to see post-mortem: the glory of God declared in a display of astronomical wonders. Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2020

Reclaiming Paradox

by Hans Boersma

Modern understandings of creation are Manichaean in propensity. Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2020

Finitude Frustrates

by Peter J. Leithart

The original human condition is one of temporality, contingency, dependence, and ignorance—and this is good. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2019

Creation, Redemption, Martyrdom:
A Lenten Reflection

by George Weigel

God creates and redeems the world so that God’s holiness might be shared by a people empowered by grace to live holy lives.  Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2019

Exploded into Being by Divine Love

by George Weigel

I’ve long been fascinated by cosmology, although my deficiencies as a mathematician preclude my really following the arguments of astrophysicists, high-energy particle physicists, and others exploring the origins of the universe. Yet the fascination remains and it was kindled anew by a May 12 article in the Boston Globe Magazine about Alan Guth, a key figure in current explorations of what happened in the Big Bang, the orthodox explanation for How Things Started. Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2014

“And It was Very Good”

by Phillip Cary

I started this series of reflections on Genesis by thinking about when Creation was not yet good : when the man is without the woman in Genesis 2, and when heaven is without the earth in Genesis 1 (when we do not hear the expected refrain, “And God was that it was good” on the second day). Now, . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2013

When Creation is Not Good

by Phillip Cary

There is a striking omission from the Hebrew text of Genesis 1, on the second day of creation. It is the day when God creates Heaven, and the omission is that he does not see it as good. Every other day of creation has God seeing that his work is good, but not this one. The omission is so striking . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2013