by Mark Beckwith | Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
“I hope you burn in Hell.” I have read this condemnation several times over the past few weeks, the vitriol coming from someone who is incensed over someone else’s position or action. Over the years I have heard it said directly, not at me, but at a close friend...
by Mark Beckwith | Sep 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
“There are two kinds of movements: those which seek converts, and those which hunt heretics.” I read these words in a recent op-ed by David French, a more conservative opinion writer for the New York Times, quoting his more progressive colleague, Michelle...
by Mark Beckwith | Sep 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
People often tell me, with some commitment and considerable pride, that they are spiritual. That they have moments— on a mountain or at the seashore, or have created spaces in their lives, where they feel a deep connection with the world, each other — and a divine...
by Mark Beckwith | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was profoundly irritated, the intensity of which surprised me. I was watching the semi-final US Open match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova. I was relaxed and enjoying their skill and passion, and silently hoping that some of the former might rub off on...
by Mark Beckwith | Sep 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Evil is a problem. And for millenia, philosophers, theologians and novelists have grappled with this problem: what is evil, how did it start, why does it exist, how do we respond? It has been, and continues to be, a confounding intellectual and emotional challenge....
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
In 2009 journalist Bill Bishop wrote a compelling book, The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing us Apart. Bishop makes the case that over the past several decades people have been living, working, worshipping and vacationing in places...
