Benjamin BaxterLabels as a weapon of hatredIt’s a lot easier to hate the more you use a label, the more you keep others away at the distance of a slur. Personal relationships will…Feb 1, 2019Feb 1, 2019
Benjamin BaxterCovington Catholic and Nathan Phillips at the Lincoln Memorial: What We Know2124 PST, 19 Jan. 2019 — Two events in Washington, D.C. happened on the same day and at about the same time. The March for Life, which is…Jan 20, 20195Jan 20, 20195
Benjamin BaxterPray for the damnablePray for your enemies. For their conversion, for their salvation. Pray that you may not hate them. Pray that you may better pray for them.Dec 28, 2018Dec 28, 2018
Benjamin BaxterNever look awayIf you could feel for anyone else the love God has for that person, you could not bear to look away. Love God back in just this way.Dec 19, 2018Dec 19, 2018
Benjamin BaxterYearn, O Man (Ikävöi, ihminen)What follows is a metrical reworking of a Finnish song, written so that English words may be sung to the original tune.Dec 16, 2018Dec 16, 2018
Benjamin BaxterWitness more than sense validates faithMost natural religions do not need miracles to validate their claims about reality and human society. The validation is all around you…Nov 16, 2018Nov 16, 2018
Benjamin BaxterMarks of martyrdomAll Saints was first for Mary and All Martyrs, and martyrs are far from disembodied spirits painted in pastel colors with tidy little…Nov 2, 2018Nov 2, 2018
Benjamin BaxterTranscendentals linger, however smallTruth is potent, goodness soothes, and beauty pierces. All of this because, as corny as it sounds, love really is the foundation of all…Oct 31, 2018Oct 31, 2018