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“The Story of Everything” and the Problem of Gratuitous Beauty A Reflection on Mother’s Day and on the Gospel of Luke 24:36-48 What is beauty? Or, what does it mean when we call something beautiful? Have you noticed that we call all kinds of different things beautiful? People can be beautiful, but so can a work of art, music, poetry, a landscape, a sunset, an idea, even an action. So, what exactly are we describing when we call something beautiful? Beauty is kind of hard to d

Morality of Obligation or Happiness “Blessed [is] the man who fears YHWH, [who] delights greatly in His commands” — Psalm 112:1 Why be Morally Good? “Why be morally good?” On the surface, this question seems strange…almost too simple to answer…maybe even a little ridiculous. “Why should we be morally good? Because that is what we’re supposed to do! Because its the right thing to do! Because we have to!” Etc. These are the typical, knee-jerk responses that might come to ou