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This article considers the ultimate purpose of beauty and why we should pursue it deliberately in light of that purpose.
Beauty: Telos and Discipline
This article considers the ultimate purpose of beauty and why we should pursue it deliberately in light of that purpose.
Who Makes a Man
Poetry. The question our society asks is "What makes a man?" But this is in fact the wrong question.
A Life of Listening
A summary quote from my poem, “I just want you to feel heard […] because hiding the pain only makes it stronger.”
To What Do We Owe the World
What are the Godly Duties we owe one another?
Gifts, Giving, Repentance, and Forgiveness
The Great Lakes
A Peek
A Lonely Song
Herzliebster Jesu
O dearest Jesus, what law hast thou broken. Sung by the Schola Cantorum.
Mausoleum of My Memories
Hey There
An Exaggerated Reality Pt.2
I’m back with four more drawings. Similar to the last post I made, these are all inspired by “ugly” selfies that I requested from my friends.
Recollections of the Past
“From resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past” “Deliver me Jesus.” Preoccupation with the past? How so?
Icicle Glimmer
Let Me Be a Fool
Lord, grant me wisdom and understanding, For I feel like a pathetic fool. But if that’s what I am, Let me be a fool Tucked away in your arms.
Cathedral of Music
I can hear Gregorian chants just by looking at it and greatly enjoy that experience.
What Can These Two Eyes See?
Far off in the distance I look What can these two eyes see? A glance at the future to find What is out there for me
Hope
Hope, forced through gritted teeth and a smile A divine concept, though recently characterized not by God, But by over-budgeted Disney films
RIP
This piece was for the inktober prompt “RIP” and I got a little carried away.
The Keeper Pt 3
The building was different; younger, and seemingly missing objects that had been there for ages and less rusted from the centuries. Sonny looked down to the whirring Chronosphere and inquisitively lifted it up and inspected the object.
As the Candle Flickers
Candles don’t flicker in a vacuum. The flame cannot sustain inside the vacuum where there is no oxygen so the flame dies immediately. Outside of a vacuum though where a flame can survive, what makes it flicker?
A Peek
The Spirit's Reveal
The Keeper Pt. 2
Sonny walked back to his vehicle, a floating bike-like device that hummed deeply as it sat there. He placed his collections from the various places he had traveled in a compartment beneath the seat, climbed on, floated about fifteen feet off the ground and took off at immense speeds. By forests, and overflowed rivers; through overgrown towns, old highways, and ruined cities. Off the coast of the continent and over the dark ocean he sped toward his destination. A place Mother has deemed Atlantis.
Hopeful, Hopeless, Fearful, Dauntless
Hopeful; in one moment, my mind can see right through the shielding clouds
Seth Syfrett
St. Matrona of Moscow
This is a short video documentary about the life of Saint Matrona of Moscow. It shows how she preserved her faith despite her extremely difficult circumstances.
This is the Way: The Mandalorian and the Future of Christianity
As I Wander
A wandering soul is searching for something that he knows not. Looking for just a glimmer of hope somewhere, somehow, some way, but he finds nothing - nothing more than what has already been. But what good is what already has been when there seems to be nothing that is?
An Exaggerated Reality
“I think it’s important to sometimes step back and appreciate a more grimy style of art, especially when so much of it is sanitized nowadays.”
Christians in the 1st Three Centuries
The first century defines the division between the pre- and post-Christian eras. Christianity was born and spread in a turbulent historical period and it began exactly at the peak of one of the world’s largest empires, the Roman Empire.
When Time Stopped
Warrior Saints Pt. 3: Soldiers of Piety
In the past two articles, we established that Warrior Saints were, in fact, warriors. We also discussed the warrior spirit that has endured since the Old Testament and is still alive and well today within Christianity. This time, I want to focus on the more saintly aspects of Warrior Saints. This will be the long-awaited explanation of what separates the heroic, venerated warriors of Christendom from the hollow idols that the pagans worship.
The Keeper Pt. 1
The young boy exclaimed with joy as he came scampering from his bed and down the stairs. The brightly colored tree caught the look of the child. Below it sat presents, more than he could count. He darted into the room, yelling about Santa and began dancing excitedly around awaiting to tear into the colorful packages. The illusion disappeared and the robot, Sonny, is left standing at the foot of a tall chimney that was once surrounded by an old wooden house.
What if...
“What If…” is yet another piano improv piece, meaning that it is entirely improvised - written as I play it, never to be played again. That brings up a question to ponder. What if?
Mess and Bright Flair
Warrior Saints Pt. 2: An Ancient Tradition
Saint George slew a dragon. A real, man-eating, fire-breathing dragon. Call me crazy, but this isn’t the first or last time God has allowed one of his servants to defeat a monster.
In Plain Sight
An Encounter in the Desert
A lone figure stood in an empty desert field. Behind him, some several hundred yards away was a frail human, more skeleton than man, who was sitting on a rock. The figure in the desert was an impressive sight.
Saint Alphonsus
Warrior Saints Pt. 1
John 18:10-11 (NKJV) says: “Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
In Manus Tuas, Domine!
Classic works of literature contain far more than enjoyable plots and characters. These writings are laden with time-honored themes, important lessons, and eternal truths from which we can both learn and gain experience. The Classic Horror Story, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, is no exception.
Winter Nights
I have always said that you can tell the state of my soul when I sit down at a piano.
Against a New Donatism
Here we are. The dust has settled. America has survived another inauguration. While this one may have made us sweat a little more than usual, we’ve come out on the other end of the tunnel with a new administration and new president with new promises for the country and her people. What makes this president so interesting?
At the End
Turning Against the Tide
It is difficult to be a Christian. If you are a Christian and you find following your faith easy, maybe it is time to take a closer look at whether you are truly following the Christian life, or only believing Christ died for you. What many fail to realize is that a true Christian is more than just a believer. A true Christian is a doer.
What's the Point?
I was at the store the other day, and the cashier said something that struck me. I can't remember the specifics, nor are they that important. All I know is that it primed my mind about purpose. Why are we here? What is the point of it all?
When There's Nothing Left
“When There’s Nothing Left” is an instrumental piece that tells a story of hope, even in the darkest times…
Reconstruction
Feminist Judith Butler writes in her book Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, that, “Destruction is thus always restoration—that is, the destruction of a set of categories that introduce artificial divisions into an otherwise unified ontology.”
The Holy Family
The Holy Family - Conte and Charcoal

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