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It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park, sitting under a tree overlooking the river. I remember that it was the Penguin Classics edition translated by David McDuff, and that I couldn’t put it down.
This week I had the joy of taking a group of students to the University of Oxford open day. In a few quiet moments, I had an opportunity to pray at the Oxford Oratory on Woodstock Road
In a November entry of The Genesee Diary, Henri Nouwen reflects on the writing and spirituality of Brother Lawrence
Dorotheus of Gaza, quoted in an entry from Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary
A short passage from this morning’s Office of Readings in the Breviary (Friday, Week 10 of Ordinary Time)
More in life
It is very largely bad, to be clear. But the good sides are worth thinking about.
Part II Of My Excellent Conversation With Jasmine Sun
A diary is a rare thing: an unfiltered space where a person can meet themselves without judgement, without audience, and (for most, at least) without performance. In an age of constant sharing and curated lives, the diary remains stubbornly private, gloriously unedited. It offers us something we rarely find elsewhere: truth, in all its flawed […]
Today I’m sharing the third (and final) installment of my guide to the 30 most intriguing musicians of 2025.
