Trinity Sunday

St. Louis, a photo by millinerd on Flickr.

Twentieth Century at a Glance

Fisher Building/Harold Washington Library, a photo by millinerd on Flickr. 
Burnham's fabulous Fisher Building (1896) flanked by a Harold Washington Library acroterion (1993).  A modern architectural revolution happened in the space between.

Nice Wheels

Nice Wheels, a photo by millinerd on Flickr.  St. James Chapel in Chicago, a replica of Paris's Sainte Chapelle (with a Bentley dealer right next to it). I'll leave the rant on the glory of God vs. materialism to the imagination.

Just the Suburbs: Nothing to See Here

Just the Suburbs: Nothing to See Here, a photo by millinerd on Flickr.  St. Joseph Ukranian Catholic Church near O'Hare airport (here's a melodramatic strip mall contrast)

Wordless Wednesday

Unofficial Ecumenical Dialogue

Χριστός ἀνέστη!

Wordless Wednesday

Pillar of Salt

Warehouse Transfiguration

Graduate College

Autumnitude

At least I didn't call the photograph "Awe-tumn."

Princeton beats Oxford

At least this time of year. Princeton's Mather Sundial (above) is an intentional imitation of of the same one at Oxford's Corpus Christi College. In general, Oxford outdoes Princeton in splendor (the British having had several centuries of a head start). But as David Hart points out, when compared to the North American autumn, Europe's fall palate is subdued. For but a season, therefore, the Princeton campus wins. In both cases, however, Oxford and Princeton transmit a eucharistic message to unsuspecting students and professors: A pelican pecking itself to feed its starving young with its own lifeblood.

Princeton Cemetery

Tombstone

Gambling with Beauty

Not being a pagan, I appreciate pagan art in a sadly inadequate way - for its aesthetic value alone.  While the Aphrodite of Rhodes had earned first place in my goddess roster, this summer she was ousted by a weathered Aphrodite of Rome.  I suppose a good pagan might say, "Let him appreciate her; it's the first step."  It's a risk I'm willing to take (especially seeing that such beauty was ably absorbed by the religion to which I happily subscribe).

It just puzzles me why so many venture the same gamble with Christian beauty.

Greek Rainbow

Greek Orthodox Motivational Poster

(It's funny because it's Mt. Athos.)

Christ among the herbs

Don't Look Up!

...being my advice to Sarah and Andrew Wilson if, at the end their ecumenical pilgrimage from Erfurt to Rome, they decide to celebrate by visiting the justly famous Santa Maria della Vittoria. In all seriousness though, theirs is an exciting proposal, so consider following along virtually, if not physically. Sure, a hike is not exactly normal ecumenical procedure, but has normal procedure worked?