"And all shall be well; and all shall be well; and all manner of thing shall be well" / On Constantin Brancusi / Climbing the Sphinx / head of barley / Christmas in New York / ends of science / Luna moths / Magdalen with the nightlight / birthing / What is the worth of the Wind River Mountains? / Friendship among the intellectuals / Faithful to mystery / On the shores of Lake Biwa / Shining tree of life / My mother's body / What philosopher / Tomorrow is another day / This is who I am when no one is looking In the footsteps of Walter Benjamin / Liberating word / Everyone was in love / On laughing / Loving the storm-drenched / Love divine / Idol-smashing and immodesty in the groves of academe / Reaching for the end of time / moderate martyr / preacher / Hysterical scientism / universal grammar of religion / Storm / Half moon, small cloud / Jaroslav Pelikan, Doctor Ecclesiae / What Jesus did / Music heard in illness