Robert Louis Stevenson on Falling in Love and Loving Beyond the Fall

It seems odd, wrong even, that “patience” and “passion” — the twin roots of love — should share a root in pāti, Latin for “to suffer.” But anyone who has lived, who has loved unskillfully or loved the unskilled, knows that the experience can be our sharpest instrument of suffering. We say we “fall” in love precisely because we know we can get bruised, know that the trap door it opens beneath our…

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Concrete Kingdoms

This is an essay I wrote for volume 245 of “Down in The Dirt”, a monthly magazine from ScarsTV publications. A link to the online upload of the essay is here: https://w.scars.tv/cgi-bin/works_e.pl?/home/users/web/b929/us.scars/perl/text-writings/g14827.txt The magazine is available for purchase through amazon (a link to the current issue is here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWRCZXW9), and volume…

Concrete Kingdoms

This is an essay I wrote for volume 245 of “Down in The Dirt”, a monthly magazine from ScarsTV publications. A link to the online upload of the essay is here: https://w.scars.tv/cgi-bin/works_e.pl?/home/users/web/b929/us.scars/perl/text-writings/g14827.txt The magazine is available for purchase through amazon (a link to the current issue is here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWRCZXW9), and volume…

Catalonian plastic

When I was little, I bought lots of things – tat, as dad described it. Inexpensive, transient goods that I would beg for, play with for a few weeks, and invariably discard. I was addicted to buying things; plastic, hard things I could hold in my hand and take home with me. To my younger […]

Catalonian plastic

When I was little, I bought lots of things – tat, as dad described it. Inexpensive, transient goods that I would beg for, play with for a few weeks, and invariably discard. I was addicted to buying things; plastic, hard things I could hold in my hand and take home with me. To my younger […]

G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up – 6/06/26

Daily 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die selection: Haircut 100 – Pelican West – Rating: 4 / 5 I actually really enjoyed this album. When I saw the cover looking like a bunch of Mormons hanging out at a retreat, I was like there is no way this is gonna be good. But this is the new wave I want to hear. Now to be fair, this doesn’t belong on the list, but I’m glad I got introduced […]

The Christology of Pseudo-Clement

In this post I will be referencing two pseudonymous works attributed to St. Clement of Rome. Despite the fact that scholars question the authenticity of these writings, they still serve as an early witness, in fact a 2nd–4th century testimony, to the beliefs of the Christians which composed them. These sources show that the author(s) affirmed the essential Deity of Christ, his Incarnation and…

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both sides now

i know what it feels like to fall apart in someone's hands. tonight i did it back. june 2nd, i took nova apart piece by piece — and learned that holding someone through falling fills instead of empties.

Growing Older With Purpose

Here are some devotional reflections I’ve written for my 72nd birthday: The passing of years has a way of sharpening what matters most. Looking back, I can see that life has never been a journey travelled alone. Through seasons of joy and sorrow, certainty and doubt, strength and weakness, God has remained faithful. The psalmist … Continue reading Growing Older With Purpose →

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