“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and cultivate good thoughts every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has planted in the human soul” (J.W. von Goethe, 1749-1832) Having started our current compilation of articles with this quote, […]
Category: Profiles
Victorian Social Activist
Exposing the Plight of the Poor Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), English writer and social critic, creator of some of the world’s best known fictional characters, is considered by many to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, his novels and short stories continuing to be widely read. Born in Portsmouth, to a middle-class family; at the age […]
[Memoir by J. Credence] Not eight weeks ago, CJ and I were talking about emailing our brother in Jesus, Rob Skiba, about publishing his content with us in the adventure that is Life Thoughts Today, and now there is a hole where our brother once was. I only had the honor of meeting this Man […]
Man of Controversy
I was first introduced to Charles Williams while binge watching one of my favorite TV series, Inspector Lewis. In “Magnum Opus” (season 9, episodes 1&2, 2015), set in Oxford, England, as a case is solved, the detectives uncover a secret the victims all shared. To assuage their guilt, the group formed a cult, the “Companions […]
The Prince of Paradox
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.“ During this time of enforced self-isolation, searching my bookshelves to find one of my books, bought and as yet unread, relegated to dusty shelves, I ran across a book subtitled, “Four Who Wrote in […]
