Notes from the Catacombs - Page 2

Since we are becoming increasingly comfortable and astoundingly reliant on technology, it would behoove us to know what all this might be doing to us

Mirth can specifically be related to a spiritually rooted joy. Thus, in this season when we celebrate the Christ Child’s enfleshment

Any intimations of authentic deprival are precious, because they are ways

I recently heard the following question asked by Tim Keller: “If you and your church were to disappear off the face of the Earth tomorrow,

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.

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