Author Archives: bryan

…continued Beauty is a nuanced consideration of substantiality and (if present) essentiality. Intuition is a desire for Truth. Faith is a structuring of Intuition. Hope is an acknowledgement that Faith is precarious. Intuition, Faith, Hope are touched by Beauty and … Continue reading →

Beauty tugs at one’s intuitions. One’s acknowledged intuitions shape one’s faith. Faith drives hope. Hope guides love. Love demands selfless compassion that works toward Justice. But, because Beauty is “the elegance of meaningful complexity” (Robinson, p. 113), and because my … Continue reading →

I have other priorities. First I have to save the world. Then I have to monitor my coronary artery disease. Then I choose to take care of family as best I can. Then there are 233 other priorities. Yet every … Continue reading →

To ask a human to not be human is like asking fried chicken to not contribute to heart disease. Individual humans are going to make mistakes, from misplaced feelings, faulty thinking, rash decisions and actions. When any group of humans … Continue reading →

Forty years ago this past Tuesday, I spent the day in a hospital with my wife of two years and a brand new baby. Fast forward to this past Tuesday (and every day this past week) and I find me … Continue reading →