Writings and Wrongings

“And this is what the story of our redemption is – it is the story of discord being brought to resolution, of dissonance being turned into harmony, of a grand symphony of myriad voices working together to make a beautiful and stirring image that depicts the glory of the one who sang it. God has embedded this pattern – the pattern of death and rebirth, of sin and repentance, of evil and its defeat – into creation, because His creation comes from His Word.”

“Every pregnancy should signal loudly to us that God is at work, that He has purposes, and that He will use us to accomplish them. The miracle of life tells us that choosing life over death, destruction, and murder is always the right decision, and will be rewarded.”

“The story of Emmanuel redeeming our human race reaches to greater depths and heights than the story of the unfallen angels remaining in heavenly places. As Saint Athanasius marveled: because God has become man, man will become like God.”

“Woman is the crown (Proverbs) and glory (1 Corinthians) of man. When we insist that women can only be truly fulfilled in the workplace, in trying to imitate what men do, we are enslaving them to a function they weren’t created for, aiming them at goals they aren’t meant to find their purpose in. This is the prison that feminism creates, and it robs women of their glory.”

“I believe the key to our re-enchantment lies in simply believing the world we live in is the one God has said it is. It’s full of ghosts and ghouls, witches and warlocks, angels, dragons, giants, and more. Believe the world is what it claims to be, and look around at it in wonder.”

“Horror isn’t an unhealthy fascination with evil, and it’s not dwelling on forbidden things. It’s an attempt to understand the supernatural world we inhabit, complete with warnings against doing the very thing it’s accused of. It’s a reflection on the nature of humanity and the nature of the divine, on the relationship between mortal and immortal, and on the nature of evil. It’s a valuable story form that sticks around for a reason - it’s part of who we are.”

“All the history of creation, from the first spoken Word of God to the final consummation at the resurrection, is a romance, a dance between the divine and the fallen, a love story of a hero rescuing His bride from sure demise. It’s the oldest story there is, and we get to play the leading lady.”

“Don’t let the pagans produce all the best art. Show the world that Christ is more lovely than any prize, more beautiful than any painting, and the work He is doing in history is a more intricately woven story than anything that world could produce…”

“[Abortion] is an act of blasphemy aimed directly at the face of the Most High. It’s an attempt to destroy not just a person created in the image of God, but to destroy the very image of God itself. It’s the closest a mortal can come to striking at God’s very nature, outside of Calvary’s cross.”