Tag Archives: beauty

Becoming worthy of the beauty of Being

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Recently some friends of the Cornerstone Forum spent an hour with Gil Bailie in a group Skype call in which Gil shared a short draft excerpt from his current writing project. The excerpt was entitled ‘Conversion’ and introduced two examples. … Continue reading →

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Standing in awe . . .

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Gil Bailie

Imagine reading a splendid poem – using the adjective with all its richness – and being “struck” by its loveliness. It arrests the reader. It takes him to a new place, as we say. It enchants him. Or say one … Continue reading →

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Enthusiastically Ecclesisatic…

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“For myself,” said Origen, “I desire to be truly ecclesiastic.” He thought – and rightly – that there was no other way of being a Christian in the full sense. And anyone who is possessed by a similar desire will … Continue reading →

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Beauty’s vengence

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along … Continue reading →

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Where All the Beauty Came From….

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from — my country … the place where I ought to have been born. Do … Continue reading →

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