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“Only a Prisoner May Speak of It”: Or, How to Teach about Happiness in Suffering
…et factus est mihi carcer subito praetorium, ut ibi mallem esse quam alicubi. …And the prison suddenly became a palace for me, to that…
Don’t Keep the Imprecatory Psalms at Arm’s Length
The imprecatory psalms are the prayers of both the King and his covenant people.
Bucer to Bullinger (10): On the Gauls
Starting a new section today in Bucer’s 1535 letter to Bullinger, on that perennially vexed question of Franco-German relations. Bucer on the Gauls Concerning…
Who Are Our Time Lords?
In Sid Meier’s classic game Civilization III, one of the first “technologies” that your chosen civilization must learn is the calendar (which, amusingly, unlocks…
“O Fellow-Throned”: A Greek Poem-Prayer to Christ
It’s been a little while since I translated a poem from the first book of the Greek Anthology. So here’s another one–a hymn of…
