Dominic de Souza

Sometimes I think that if you're not in battle with God, you might not be moving at all. The meaning of 'Israel' is the God-Wrestler, someone who 'contends with God'. I think we all need to go through that challenge, if only that we can be broken by it. I'm not saying...

Apocalypses are fantastic tools to get people moving, to get them to do what you want them to do. As someone raised on the thin gruel of an apocalyptic future - a radical traditionalist - I should know. Our leaders kept us paralyzed or frenzied with fear at the amount...

Summary: The World Wars seemed to birth an unlikely legend, the saga of Middle Earth. Tolkien wove a new mythology for humanity, to help us move beyond a nostalgia for violence. Our world needs new stories, rooted in the goodness of the world, in the merriment of...

Several years ago, a friend shared her thoughts on the beauty of ballet, and I was so struck by it all, I asked to share it online. It deserves to be out there. Her notes strike me with this thought: Every moment of every day, our lives are filled with unintentional...