stmeMay 2, 20203 min readA reflectionAs humans we crave a sense of community. We engage with others daily sometimes without even realizing it. From our grocery shopping...
stmeMay 2, 20207 min readStephanos and ChloeAccount of Stephanos, mason in Justinian's Constantinople 1. I am writing here to remind myself of a debt owed to me by Phocas. He told...
stmeMay 2, 20202 min readTwo versions of Judas1. Isolation He saw himself engulfed in flames Writhing and cursing as the hellfire licked at his flesh His wretched screams not enough...
stmeMay 2, 20201 min readSacrifice for humanitySacrifice. For yourself. For the world. For your neighbor. For your nurses. For your doctors. For your brothers. For your sisters. Easy?...
stmeMay 2, 20203 min readSacred texts of our time“Whenever I hold back the rain or send locusts to eat up the crops or send an epidemic on my people, if they pray to me and repent and...
stmeMay 2, 20201 min readMiracle and erasureBy What Miracle… “He had known only this daily all-enveloping adversity, this impenetrable wall which rose up from the palm grove to the...
stmeMay 2, 20201 min readIsaacIsaac His name was not Isaac, But his eyes held the same fear. “Prove that you love your country,” they said. “Conserve for the...
stmeApr 9, 20208 min readThe cheese boards of ManichaeismHello and welcome to our ultimate cheese boards of Manichaeism. We invite you on a journey to celebrate foods, explore the religion of...