The Artist's Spiritual Journey

The Artist's Spiritual Journey

We may make this journey many times in our lives, in ways great and small. For the artist, discerning his or her vocation as one of beauty, is the great journey. But every work of art produced by the artist represents the same journey on a smaller scale.

Book recommendation: Ben Shapiro's Right Side of History

Book recommendation: Ben Shapiro's Right Side of History

This book brilliantly introduces us to the story of who we are in the West and why it is so good to be alive today. Shapiro explains how Greek philosophy and the Jewish and Christian faiths have been the forming influences of who we are. If we want to preserve and nurture a good society, it should be part of the general education of every young person in America.

Persistence and the Arts

Persistence and the Arts

Persistence is a hallmark of Christianity. Scripture urges us to be persistent in our prayer. Throughout history the Church urges us to be persistent in our efforts to evangelize the world. It is a world that is increasingly hostile to our efforts.

A Coptic Orthodox Commentator on The Way of Beauty and the 21st Century Catholic Renaissance

A Coptic Orthodox Commentator on The Way of Beauty and the 21st Century Catholic Renaissance

As a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church, he is making such observations as an outsider, and while he is critical about some aspects of traditional Catholic culture, he is refreshingly open to the first developments taking place in what he sees as a renewal of sacred arts in the Roman Catholic Church.