The Guild Review

Recently I have been reading Matthew's Gospel and I was really struck by the Beatitudes, both for their forcefulness and their role in f...

As you might have guessed, I am a bibliophile.  I collect not only physical books but also lists of them: favorite books of various genres, ...

Six years ago I wrote a post about St. Paul's admonition to the Ephesians to "hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming a...

The concept of a city built on a waterfall was first brought to my attention by James Gurney's Waterfall City (pictured above) in Din...

Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Athanasius (c. 297-373).  While most Christians know the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed, less wel...

I currently reside in Virginia .  I have a son who was born here.  But I struggle with the state's Southern identity, an identity which,...

Readers of this blog will know that I am a strong proponent of heraldry, having proposed heraldic arms for the City of Charlottesville  (s...