Love
The Beginning of Mystical Prayer ~ The Imaginative…
Before the 1960s, mental prayer took place behind the closed doors of a personal prayer life.…
Why Should Love Be Commanded? ~ The Imaginative…
At its highest, love is not a spontaneous feeling. There is nothing spontaneous about an egalitarian…
Why Should Love Be Commanded? ~ The Imaginative…
At its highest, love is not a spontaneous feeling. There is nothing spontaneous about an egalitarian…
The Choice Between Love of God and Love of Self ~ The…
Putting it in precise Augustinian terms, it is the choice between the love of God and the love of…
Christian Mystical Contemplation ~ The Imaginative…
Meditation is a means to an end; contemplation is that end. It is our eternal destiny which we will…
The Prayer Without Ceasing ~ The Imaginative…
The first Christians were urged to pray constantly, and this prayer became known later as the…
“Caritas” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Love must not be, but take a body tooAir and Angels —John Donne The primal metaphor has been…
Woolgathering ~ The Imaginative Conservative
It always struck me as a curious expression and one my mother always used when she caught me in a…
An Alzheimer Odyssey Postscript ~ The Imaginative…
August 1, 2021. A date of little import in world affairs. A day of savage sorrow, forlorn …
10 Hopelessly Romantic Classical Tunes for Valentine’s…
So here I am, offering you this Valentine’s Day gift, and if you scoff at the notion of celebrating…
