Copious Flowers

"which may be among the best publication names on the platform" (David Bentley Hart) • not even Solomon in all his glory

By Jesse Hake

Dark Gospel: Figure of Descent

May 25 • Jesse Hake

Resurrection Bodies and Being Really Alive

Apr 5 • Jesse Hake
Experiences with Jesus Christ and his resurrected body after his three days in the tomb carry far more meaning than our fallen and exiled world can…

Never Too Gentle: a Short Reflection on the Imitation of God's Beauty

Mar 17 • Jesse Hake
Prayer—in the infinitesimal acquaintance that I have with it—is an extraordinarily gentle thing.

Holiness vs. Rot: Their Ubiquity and Their Contrasts

Mar 3 • Jesse Hake
Saintliness is the most natural thing in the world.

Finding Our Lost Parents: Sitting with Adam Outside the Gates of Paradise

Feb 21 • Jesse Hake
Amid today’s avalanche of alienation from each other and from our world, why worry about how to restore our lost relationship with our first parents?

Of Merpeople and Jinn: a Conversation with my Younger Brother

Jan 30 • Jesse Hake
My younger brother and I share a conversation here about those we have met who experienced folklore creatures in their everyday lives.

More than MAGA for a Moment: a Short Trip into My Boyhood

Jan 17 • Jesse Hake
On my way to work just a couple of days ago, I spent some time contemplating the place that my beloved United States occupied within my heart as a boy.

Our Cosmic Vigil

Jan 10 • Jesse Hake
George MacDonald's Understanding of the Meta-historical Human Fall Contrasted with that of Father John Behr

Twelve Days of Christmastide: Do We Still Know What Celebration Is?

Jan 2 • Jesse Hake
Merry Christmas, dear readers.

A Kind Mention within a Beautiful Essay

Dec 27, 2025 • Jesse Hake
“On Christ and Coral: A prayer 500 million years in the making” by Matthew J.

Relics at Christmastide: Incarnation and the Intimacy of Holy Bones

Dec 15, 2025 • Jesse Hake
During a service in my beautiful parish—as I stood there surrounded by more bones of dead saints than I could count—it struck me afresh that this love…

The Incarnation Changed Everything: History & Culture

Dec 10, 2025 • Jesse Hake
It was an honor and joy to be invited to share on this topic at a local parish, Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church, where my long-suffering godfather…

Brief Part in a Documentary on Creation, Evolution and the Human Fall

Dec 3, 2025 • Jesse Hake
I’m honored to have been included as by far the least informed member within this lineup of thoughtful and well-informed folks on an important set of…

Our Elder Brother on the Cross: Some Thoughts on God's Hatred of Penal Substitutionary Atonement

Dec 2, 2025 • Jesse Hake
Preamble