My dearest child, I know you have lately observed the adults running amok. I know you have seen them taking what isn’t theirs, speaking before they think, destroying rather than building. I know you have seen other adults quivering in disbelief at these actions, failing to stand up for themselves or their brethren. I know… Continue reading Letter to the child of a fallen world
Tag: Spirituality
Dialogue on spiritual friendship (with Kyle Hilding)
Jackson: Hey, brother! So, we agreed we were going to have a dialogue around the importance of friendship to the spiritual journey. We agreed we were going to host this dialogue via email, to give each of us ample time to reflect on our answers. To start off, maybe you can write a bit about… Continue reading Dialogue on spiritual friendship (with Kyle Hilding)
OCD, reverence, moderation
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Masculinity, fascism, and the green revolution
What happened in Germany in the 1930s can be viewed through a purely economic lens. Germany had lost the first World War, been economically hamstrung by the Treaty of Versailles, and famously, inflation was so rampant that children needed to truck dollar bills in a wheelbarrow to purchase a loaf of bread. When Adolf Hitler… Continue reading Masculinity, fascism, and the green revolution