Month: August 2026

Things that depress me, and things that raise my spirit

Things That Depress Me There are many things in modern society that leave me feeling discouraged or saddened. Some concern politics, others culture, and others simply the way people relate to one another. Whether or not others share these views, they are the issues that weigh most heavily on my mind. I feel uneasy about what I see as a growing separation between traditional Christianity and the...

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profound thoughts on reading and knowledge – anon

I know people who ‘read’ enormously, book for book, letter for letter, yet whom I would not describe as ‘well-read.’ True, they possess a mass of ‘knowledge,’ but their brain is unable to organize and register the material they have taken in. They lack the art of sifting what is valuable for them in a book from that which is without value, of retaining the one forever, and, if possible, not even...

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