Cole Hollister is not just about farming; it is about life, art, contemplation, beauty. We all desire to live full lives, but to live fully we must live with the whole person. We must not only exercise our bodies, but our hearts and our minds as well. The Articles section of Cole Hollister is, quite simply, a place to exercise our thought and imagination. We seek (to borrow a line from the motto of the Dominicans) to not only contemplate, but to share the fruits of that contemplation.
As to content: the articles we post will be many and varied. Many, no doubt, will be on farming and our day to day operations; the rest will be on anything (quite literally) we feel merits thought and exploration. Some may be a book or movie review. Some may be a philosophical reflection. Some will explore aspects of faith. Some will comment on aspects of popular culture. Some may be poetry. Some may be a short story. The point is to exercise our minds—to stimulate them with what is wholesome and life giving, rather than what is base and draining.
In Aristotle’s famous opening to his Metaphysics, he says “all men desire, by nature, to know.” Our hope is that here, in this Articles section of Cole Hollister, we will help to satisfy, in some small way, this innate desire. Not by giving answers, but by exploring, and by seeking together what is true, what is good, and what is beautiful.