Beyond the Rood

Do not be conformed to this world

Writings on Art, Culture, and Beauty from a Christian Perspective

Christian life, thought, history and culture through the lens of the first 1200 years of sacred art.

Classical ideas for families who want to think and live well.

I write on liturgy (Byzantine, Roman, Anglican—esthetics, theology, translation); spirituality, ecclesiology, language, culture, etc. My blog is eclectic in genre and subject—like the book of Ecclesiasticus in the Bible, whose author it's named after.

Thoughts on the contemplative life at the end of the Human Age. "Acquire the Spirit of Peace and a thousand souls around you will be saved.” --St. Seraphim of Sarov.

Reflections on art through the Liturgical Year

Fresh writing and audio from one of the great contemporary storytellers

Medieval spirituality for the postmodern world—sharing authentic texts, serious scholarship, and sincere commentary to help us rediscover reality.