Christopher Shafik's Newsletter

Why Doesn't the Bird Grow Cold?

A Villanelle on Matthew 6:25-34

Nov 29, 2025 • Christopher Shafik

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September 2025

Virtues of the Sublime and the Divine

The Confounding, Redemptive Power of Compassion, Grace, and Forgiveness

Sep 28, 2025 • Christopher Shafik

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May 2025

Peace Be With You

The Beauty of an Orthodox Funeral

May 21, 2025 • Christopher Shafik

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January 2025

If you were made to love

And to be loved

Jan 20, 2025 • Christopher Shafik

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September 2024

The Other Side

On the Evidence of Life After Death

Sep 19, 2024 • Christopher Shafik

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May 2024

Oh The Anticipation!

On the Dreadful Knowledge of Death

May 4, 2024 • Christopher Shafik

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March 2024

Sundays are for Calls and Voicemails

Mitigating the hidden pandemic

Mar 18, 2024 • Christopher Shafik

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November 2023

What if the answer isn't more ships?

A creative lesson from the Reagan Administration

Nov 14, 2023 • Christopher Shafik

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July 2023

The Compassion Doctrine

What Happens When You Look at Your Enemies the Same Way Jesus Did?

Jul 16, 2023 • Christopher Shafik

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February 2023

May God Bless President Biden

"Is there any good news?"

Feb 12, 2023 • Christopher Shafik

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October 2022

Why the English Language is Lacking

Loving Generously, but Exclusively

Oct 31, 2022 • Christopher Shafik

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July 2022

What it Means to Love America

George Orwell described nationalism as “the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and…

Jul 4, 2022 • Christopher Shafik

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