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Never Too Gentle: a Short Reflection on the Imitation of God's Beauty
Prayer—in the infinitesimal acquaintance that I have with it—is an extraordinarily gentle thing.
Mar 18
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Jesse Hake
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Holiness vs. Rot: Their Ubiquity and Their Contrasts
Saintliness is the most natural thing in the world.
Mar 3
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Jesse Hake
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Finding Our Lost Parents: Sitting with Adam Outside the Gates of Paradise
Amid today’s avalanche of alienation from each other and from our world, why worry about how to restore our lost relationship with our first parents?
Feb 22
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Jesse Hake
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Of Merpeople and Jinn: a Conversation with my Younger Brother
My younger brother and I share a conversation here about those we have met who experienced folklore creatures in their everyday lives.
Jan 30
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Jesse Hake
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More than MAGA for a Moment: a Short Trip into My Boyhood
On my way to work just a couple of days ago, I spent some time contemplating the place that my beloved United States occupied within my heart as a boy.
Jan 17
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Jesse Hake
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Our Cosmic Vigil
George MacDonald's Understanding of the Meta-historical Human Fall Contrasted with that of Father John Behr
Jan 10
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Jesse Hake
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Twelve Days of Christmastide: Do We Still Know What Celebration Is?
Merry Christmas, dear readers.
Jan 2
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Jesse Hake
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A Kind Mention within a Beautiful Essay
“On Christ and Coral: A prayer 500 million years in the making” by Matthew J.
Dec 28, 2025
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Jesse Hake
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Relics at Christmastide: Incarnation and the Intimacy of Holy Bones
During a service in my beautiful parish—as I stood there surrounded by more bones of dead saints than I could count—it struck me afresh that this love…
Dec 15, 2025
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Jesse Hake
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The Incarnation Changed Everything: History & Culture
It was an honor and joy to be invited to share on this topic at a local parish, Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church, where my long-suffering godfather…
Dec 11, 2025
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Jesse Hake
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Brief Part in a Documentary on Creation, Evolution and the Human Fall
I’m honored to have been included as by far the least informed member within this lineup of thoughtful and well-informed folks on an important set of…
Dec 4, 2025
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Jesse Hake
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Our Elder Brother on the Cross: Some Thoughts on God's Hatred of Penal Substitutionary Atonement
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Dec 3, 2025
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Jesse Hake
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With Addison Hodges Hart: An Advent Conversation and a Beautiful Video about an Orthodox Christian Parish in Norway
With my work at ClassicalU.com, I recently recorded a Christmas edition podcast episode with author Addison Hodges Hart chatting about ideas for keeping…
Dec 1, 2025
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Jesse Hake
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Two Reflections: Spirit's Embodiment and the Renunciation of Cartesian Dualism's False God
Spirit is too substantial to explicate in metaphysical terms.
Nov 24, 2025
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Jesse Hake
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