Notes from the Catacombs

I think it’s safe to say that our Western culture tends to privilege sight over sound. In this issue of Radix you will be invited to think a little further about the role that sound plays in the experience of our interior and exterior world.

Notes from the Catacombs

In our Advent/Christmas issue you will find a traditional Radix variety–with flavors of hope infusing all. Essays cover a good deal of breadth, too. These include the sage advice of George MacDonald on story; ponderings on carols and theology; reflective and instructive thoughts from a spiritual director on this strange 2020 year; five Christmastime book suggestions from a beloved bookseller; a look at Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago; a warming tale and reflection on “Shirley, Goodness and Mercy;” a review of a timeless movie, Joyeux Noel (2005); some carefully reasoned perspectives on conspiracy; and finally, two heartfelt (and meaningful!) perspectives from