Category: Eucatastrophe
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In my teachings and during our retreats, I often speak of the “architecture of the self.” This is not a metaphor I chose lightly. It is a philosophy I learned with my own hands while working on the great monuments of the English Renaissance—buildings designed by the masters Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren. The…
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“We do not pray for calm seas. We audit the person who survives the wreck.” The Historical Pivot: July 24, 1609 On July 24, 1609, the Sea Venture, flagship of the Third Supply fleet, was driven into the Bermuda reef by a hurricane. To the Virginia Company in London, it was a catastrophic loss of…