Arnold Böcklin, Der Gang nach Emmaus (1870) Esoteric Speech in St. Paul Paul provides us with a model for how he approaches modulating his speech depending on his audience's level of spiritual maturity. Matthew Stanley • Christianity
What died on the cross In the wake of the cross, we now have to grapple with who God has revealed Himself to be, laying waste to all the games we used to play around Him. Matthew Stanley • Theology
"Lower Manhattan, Broad and Wall Streets" by Childe Hassam (1907) Everything done in darkness When we see the one who wields power, we must see someone ensnared in a myriad invisible deals with their terms penned in blood. Matthew Stanley • Theology
Fear or Love? If we have received perfect love from God, how can we remain fearful? Has not fear been cast out? When we act from love, we give to others the power to no longer be fearful, for they have received the type of love which casts out fear. Matthew Stanley • Theology
When the Pope anathematized the teachings of St. Augustine How did the crypto-Catholic Jacques Lacan give us the Calvinist Slavoj Žižek? And could St. Augustine's theology be the key? Matthew Stanley • Theology
Edvard Munch, Death at the Helm, 1893, Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway. The rich young man in Jesus' clinic To be able to concretely love people, we must learn to partner with the mystery of change, to summon its appearance, come what may, and to diligently dance whichever conjuring ritual we happen to have stumbled upon ourselves. Matthew Stanley • Theology
