This is my page.  You'll find a whole bunch of different stuff.  A little humor.  A little philosophy.  A lot of tongue in cheek.  Enjoy.

Dude: Yeah, well. The Dude abides.

The Stranger: The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals.

--From "The Big Lebowski"

Socrates: It's not proper to disagree with a man when he's right.

--Plato, Greater Hippias 304a

The link below is to one of my all-time favorite Monty-Python sketches, "Four Yorkshire Men." Would you believe that my friends Brent Adkins and Mike Winkle and myself used this skit to announce a youth rally at our college? Would you further believe that we did it during announcements in a chapel service? And would you finally believe that we only edited it to fit the information we needed to convey? Read on, click below.

We Were Poor (Four Yorkshiremen )

 

Some of my favorite life interests: Ancient philosophy. Especially Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and the Neoplatonists Languages: Greek, Hebrew, Latin, German, French, and Anglo-Saxon Classics: Homer (of course), Xenophon, Seneca, and Epictetus The Church Fathers: Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria, John Cassian, John Damascene, and others Theology: Patristic and ascetical theology St Benedict and Benedictine monasticism

Some of My Favorite Books: Plato, The Complete Works Aristotle, The Complete Works (2 vols) Soren Kierkegaard, Concluding Unscientific Postscript Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy and The Theological Tractates T. S. Eliot, "The Waste Land," and "Four Quartets" Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood The Rule of St Benedict St John of the Cross, The Collected Works Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk Henry David Thoreau, Walden Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Robert Frost, The Collected Poems

Some of my favorite links: My daily dosage of  Calvin and Hobbes My favorite bookstore Eighth Day Books Monty Python Sketches All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Orthodox Christian Monasticism St Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, Michigan The Order of St Benedict Orthodox Christian Radio Network Online National Public Radio PBS Online

I've now got a blog you can visit.  Stop by and check it out.  Feel free to comment on the various posts.  Let me know what you think.

My Blog: "This is Life"

In a shameless bid to persuade others to buy books for me, I am adding this link to my book wishlist at Amazon.com. Just click on the link below, and the rest is self-explanatory. (And by the way, I not only celebrate my birthday at it's usual time, I celebrate "unbirthdays" all throughout the year, as well!)

My Book Wishlist at Amazon.Com (Note: Great gift idea!!)

Clinias: It looks to us, my friend, as if you mean to imply that passing the time with friends over a drink--provided we behave ourselves--is a considerable contribution to education.

Athenian: Most certainly.

--Plato, Laws 641d

I have set up some pages reflecting my interest in philosophy, classics, and patristics. Click on the links below to view them.

Clifton's Patristics Page
Clifton's Philosophy Page
Clifton's Classics Page

In addition to reading and studying, one of my other passions is writing.  I've created a page that has links to short stories, poems, as well as other things I've written. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Clifton's Writings Page

Here are links to my alma matres and to Loyola, where I began my PhD in philosophy program in Autumn 2001.

Ozark Christian College (Joplin, MO)
Lincoln Christian College and Seminary (Lincoln, IL)   
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (Evanston, IL)
Loyola University (Chicago, IL)

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