Tag Archives: suffering

Another look at Auden’s Museé Des Beaux Arts

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Randy Coleman-Riese

We recently announced our offering of Gil Bailie’s two part series Reflections on the Poetry of W. H. Auden. The New York Times has also recently published a richly formatted piece by Elisa Gabbert in which she presents her own … Continue reading →

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A California Yankee in Innsbruck

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The Colloquium on Violence and Religion’s 2019 conference is winding up what seems to have recently become its annual attempt to distance itself from René Girard’s Christian and Catholic sensibilities. That this is done in the name of Girard’s understanding … Continue reading →

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Suffering: A New Situation

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Gil Bailie

I gave a short talk at the Good Friday service at my parish on the question of vicarious suffering. I spoke from notes, but I began with this: In the David Mamet film Heist, the dubious character played by Danny DeVito … Continue reading →

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Gratitude and Sorrow

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Randy Coleman-Riese

                Yesterday my wife and I awoke to the news of a fast spreading fire in our home town of Santa Rosa. We are 2,500 miles away visiting our daughter and her family … Continue reading →

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