“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

“For we saw His star when it rose”

“For we saw His star when it rose”

It is Christmas Eve – or, as my Russian Orthodox brethren would call today, “yet another Sunday, what’s the big deal, comrade?”. Seeing as this is the case, I think it is worth setting the scene for the day of joy and celebration that follows...
Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

The Didactic Mind podcast is finally BACK with a new episode! This one is all about the importance of debt forgiveness, from both a moral and economic perspective, as it is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for ensuring investment in genuinely...
Sunday Scripture: The Shepherds and the Angels

Sunday Scripture: Forgive the Sinner

5 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by...
People in a fowl mood talking turkey

People in a fowl mood talking turkey

Today is National Overeating Day in the (Former) United States of America, the one day of the year when you can gather your whole family around and have a pitched battle – not over politics, religion, or vaccine status, but over who gets the turkey drumstick. It...
Five questions Islam cannot answer

Five questions Islam cannot answer

It has been quite a while since I did anything approaching a reasonably deep and nuanced look at Izzlam over here. World events have made such writing irrelevant, to say the least. But it is worth remembering that Izzlam represents a potent threat to Western...