Archive - Fiat Lux

I’m excited to announce my new project and new account on Twitter and Substack! After 20 years as a psychiatrist, I am more convinced than ever that the…

Apr 25, 2022 •

When he was small, my son asked me why I thought aircraft carriers were able to float. He explained to me he learned all about buoyancy on a children’s…

Apr 21, 2022 •

February 2022

The vacant silhouettes of humans are fading, fumbling their way beyond the edges of certainty, beyond the borders and boundaries of reality. We have…

Feb 3, 2022 •

January 2022

I'm told if your child listens to classical music he will know beauty as he grows and his mind will drift to heaven. This is what I want for you, my…

Jan 15, 2022 •

Book Recommendations:

Truth, goodness, and beauty in print

Jan 12, 2022 •

On the End of Man

Yesterday I sent out a tweet that got a lot of traction on Twitter. This tweet originated from my reading of the Baltimore Catechism 4 the previous…

Jan 11, 2022 •

St. Athanasius was correct

Jan 6, 2022 •

Late December and an early snow has fallen on the cornfields. The stubble of the autumn harvest pierces the frozen ground; once golden shafts fractured…

Jan 6, 2022 •

December 2021

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

A poetic reaction to the faith of Modernism

Dec 17, 2021 •

Invisible Mothers

I found this online several years ago and thought it was worth sharing again. As a mother, this speaks so much to what I see as our pathway in raising…

Dec 17, 2021 •

November 2021

We became experts at woodstoves and fire, my brother and I taking comfort in the warmth, the smoking and heaving, the blue-orange blaze of rings burning…

Nov 22, 2021 •

It was a quiet evening in September at my house where my parents were visiting from their home two hours away. The shadows were long and the dimming…

Nov 19, 2021 •

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