“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone ... Continue reading
Handel’s Messiah: A great light
December 23, 2005 By 1 Comment
Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all the nations to see! For the glory of the LORD is shining upon you. Darkness as black as night will cover all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD will shine over you. All nations will come to your light. Mighty kings will come to see your ... Continue reading
New Orleans’ other stories
September 6, 2005 By 1 Comment
Men have no pleasure (but on the contrary a great deal of grief) in keeping company where there is no power able to overawe them all. ... [W]ithout a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. ... The ... Continue reading
Matters of perception
August 31, 2003 By Leave a Comment
Lacombe: Monsieur Neary, what do you want? Neary: I just want to know that it's really happening. —Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 Seeing is believing, we say. What you see is what you get. We tend to accept what our eyes tell us about the world. The sky is blue. The grass is green. The ... Continue reading
