Christ in the Desert by Ivan Kramskoi How will our tears water the earth? How shall we water the earth with our tears of joy? I ask myself this question in consternation as I wrestle with the Christian vision of the new heavens and the new earth in which suffering has no place. Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity
Adam naming the animals - from the Aberdeen Bestiary Signs mean. People think. We easily fall into the habit of describing language and its acquisition through the process of naming, almost as though we have gotten hung up on the story of Adam naming the animals. Matthew A. Stanley • Philosophy
Photo by Maya Schwarzer / Unsplash A device for restraint What if the most creative things humans have ever constructed were mechanisms for restraint? Matthew A. Stanley • Philosophy
Buddhist benevolence and Christian compassion When we compare the figures of the Christian saint and the Buddhist bodhisattva, we are confronted with the contrast between compassion and benevolence. These two words cut to the heart of each religion’s subjective orientation. Matthew A. Stanley • Theology
'Train station' by E. Kozlov (1875) People I'm excited about right now (#1) I'm interrupting you mid-week to do something I don't normally do – highlight a few people here on the internet who do work I think is worth sharing. Matthew A. Stanley
Knowledge is (probably) toxic Just like interacting with radioactive material without proper protective gear, being around "knowledge" without having safeguards in place is likelier to leave us more vulnerable to the world, rather than less. Matthew A. Stanley • Philosophy
