Every Online Contretemps Is Definitionally Stupid

I meant to write something else and this is what came out. It is very weird to be writing about this again. Title from The Homebound Symphony’s sprawling along the way: a polemic and an exhortation What characterizes the hopeful Christian, Thomas says, is the status viator – the state of being a wayfarer. Thus Josef Pieper refers to “the wayfaring character of hope.” Wayfarers know their destination but aren’t sure how to get there; all along the way they look for signs indicating the best path, and seek help both from their companions and from those they encounter on the road. They know that they have to be flexible and agile; they know that their enemies are Aimlessness and Fixity. They trust in a Guide they cannot see; they listen for His still small voice. Maybe things will be better than they expect; maybe worse; unquestionably different. But they make their way along the pilgrim road… Leading with the conclusion there. When I started this site in 2001 I wrote the tagline…