There are two consequences in history: one immediate and instantaneously recognized; the other distant and unperceived at first. These consequences often contradict each other; the former come from our short-run wisdom, the latter from long-run wisdom. The providential event appears…

A friend of mine was interested in the symbolism of the beehive and bees, so I sent him this article. We were talking about John the Baptist and how he ate locusts and honey and what that might have meant. Then…