JONATHAN R. BAILEY

A Deep Rhythm of Goodness

When we act from virtue we behave in a way that’s seamless with our character.

Jonathan R. BaileyFebruary 16, 2019Goodness

To Love Like God

We exist, now and forever, to learn to love God and love like God.

Jonathan R. BaileyFebruary 8, 2019Goodness

Habits are Neutral

Habits can feed our soul or they can starve it, they can strengthen it or spoil it.

Jonathan R. BaileyFebruary 2, 2019Virtue, Habits

The Rise of the Children of God

If we look closely at our lives, we can see that there are no insignificant choices, each one adds or subtracts.

Jonathan R. BaileyJanuary 25, 2019Goodness

Becoming Beautiful

In humanity we see something profoundly beautiful—God’s own image made visible.

Jonathan R. BaileyJanuary 19, 2019

The Grace in the World

After each instance of creation, God looks and sees the good made visible.

Jonathan R. BaileyJanuary 11, 2019Beauty

Artifacts of the Divine Artists

The beautiful things we create are an attempt to replicate the goodness we’ve found in God’s beautiful world.

Jonathan R. BaileyJanuary 6, 2019Beauty

Spiritual Praxis

We don’t need fresh knowledge, we need to practice what we know.

Jonathan R. BaileyDecember 29, 2018Spiritual Discipline

Enjoying Better

As we work with spiritual practices of abstinence, Christ teaches us how to pursue the beautiful without being pained by it.

Jonathan R. BaileyDecember 21, 2018Temperance, Beauty

Great Souls

The ironic thing about magnanimous people is that their lives are worthy of recognition but they don’t seek it.

Jonathan R. BaileyDecember 15, 2018Glory, Vainglory

Wondrous Newness

In the wilderness there is grace, grace to heal, preserve, even transform.

Jonathan R. BaileyDecember 6, 2018

Christ the Beautiful

Christ remains the source and summation of the beautiful. And we only participate in it because He overflows with it.

Jonathan R. BaileyDecember 1, 2018Beauty, Glory

God Changed His Mind

That’s what it means to be God, to be so great that your power and humility don’t contradict.

Jonathan R. BaileyNovember 16, 2018Friendship

The Antidote to Envy

When the Christ life gets a hold of us and starts unwinding envy, we begin doing something odd, we enjoy regarding one another more important than ourselves (Philippians 2:3).

Jonathan R. BaileyNovember 10, 2018Kindness

The Mysterious Vitality of Trees

As we pursue purgation we notice something new, something that quite possibly wasn’t there before, something drawing us to, “the mysterious vitality of trees, the silent magic of the forest.”

Jonathan R. BaileyNovember 4, 2018Beauty, Nature