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

A Sense of Time

by John Wilson

A review of the book Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Save the World. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2018

Figure It In

by Michael C. Legaspi

Time and the Word:Figural Reading of the Christian Scripturesby ephraim radnereerdmans, 326 pages, $50 Moderns are accustomed to taking premodern interpretations of the Bible to be products of a bygone time, when outmoded worldviews permitted naive, anachronistic interpretations of scriptural texts. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2017

Falling into Eternity

by Mark Helprin

In the tumultuous sixties, as an undergraduate at Harvard (for which I have prayed for forgiveness most of my life), I was disappointed again and again by the common Victorian and early twentieth-century convention of beginning a chapter with lush description and then abandoning it in favor of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2017

The Eternity of God

by Timothy George

Time does not exist apart from eternity’s embrace. Eternity embraces time on all sides, preceding, accompanying, and fulfilling it. Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2016

An Old Radio in Atlantic City

by Lawrence Dugan

It drew people to it like a fire,The needle floating up and down its dial,Fishing for the news. It was a horror house,A band-stand, Europe in flames,A dummy and his master.AmongThe cloudy mirrors and calendars,The radio knobs are toys now,The beasts have been dragged out;No tankers hug the coast at . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 1991