The Reluctant Philosopher

Tag: Christ

  • Maximus the Confessor on the Transfiguration

    Maximus the Confessor on the Transfiguration

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    For those who aren’t familiar, the transfiguration (Matthew 17.1-13, Mark 9.2-13, and Luke 9.28-36) is an event recorded in the gospels where Christ, Peter, James, and John go up onto a mountain and Christ is “transfigured.” The event is clearly meant to indicate the divine approval of Christ’s mission on earth. But there seems to be…

  • Ecclesiastes

    Ecclesiastes

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    (Written Feb. 2020) Writing is the simplest thing in the world. All you do is sit down and bleed. Ernest Hemingway said that, and truer words haven’t been spoken. This piece is my attempt at that.  In the face of so much death already occurring in 2020, I have no doubt that all of us…