What I Would Put in a 2023 Time Capsule
by John WilsonEven the “mundane” happenings of a single day exceed our grasp, let alone the span of a lifetime. Continue Reading »
Even the “mundane” happenings of a single day exceed our grasp, let alone the span of a lifetime. Continue Reading »
Salvation history is the inner dynamic of “world history.” Continue Reading »
On New Year’s Day of 2023, I tried to remember my first memories of the holiday. Continue Reading »
If you have followed this column for a while, you know that I am unrepentantly fascinated by “time.” Continue Reading »
What makes a text sacred? There are many answers to this question, but I learned mine from the Jewish tradition in which I was raised. Continue Reading »
The small mysteries of time and memory point beyond themselves, suggesting that more lies ahead of us in a reality that exceeds our grasp but which we will someday know firsthand. Continue Reading »
It was almost as if the McHenry books existed in a parallel time stream and had somehow leaked into our own. Continue Reading »
Going through stacks of old magazines, newspaper articles, publishers’ catalogues, and more filled me with a sense of the mystery of time. Continue Reading »
Readers whose own sense of time leads to the biblical God will find much to chew on in Joseph Mazur’s The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time. Continue Reading »
The original human condition is one of temporality, contingency, dependence, and ignorance—and this is good. Continue Reading »