Robert Browning (1812-1889) is the second in our installment of Christmas poems or poems about the Incarnation.[1] Browning is famous for his very romantic marriage in which he secretly wed the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning … Robert Browning, “The Strange Medical Experience of Karshish”Read more
Author: Bill Isley
Ben Jonson’s Carol
One of the richest treasures of the Christian church and actually for Western civilization is the poetry written about the birth of Christ and the doctrine of the Incarnation it points to. I thought that … Ben Jonson’s CarolRead more
Grief’s Numbing Weight
Friday my good friend Rodrigo Chavarría died. A pleasant day out with my wife was suddenly changed as I checked our telephone messages. Rodrigo was dead a friend’s recorded voice told us. My wife wept, … Grief’s Numbing WeightRead more
Respecting the Police
Recently someone commented that just like other people she respects some police and doesn’t respect others. The statement errs because it fails to distinguish between respect for a person and respect for an office.
The Doctor Takes an Art Class
One of the pleasures of teaching at Cair Paravel Latin School, a classical Christian school, is that an old Ph.D. in theology with years of teaching experience far too numerous even to mention decently can … The Doctor Takes an Art ClassRead more
