The Intellectual Vocation
by Joshua P. HochschildThe point of intellectual life is to practice the judgment of discerning enduring insight. Continue Reading »
Race and Redemption
by Gerald McDermottMany church leaders and parishioners are adopting a race narrative that is empirically and theologically suspect. Continue Reading »
A Procession Like No Other
by C. C. PecknoldOur way of walking and kneeling in the world will always be religious—whether kneeling before idols or before the one true God. Continue Reading »
“The Heavens Declare the Glory of God…”
by George WeigelAstronomy Picture of the Day provides me with a preview of what I hope to see post-mortem: the glory of God declared in a display of astronomical wonders. Continue Reading »
More Movies for Lockdown
by Mark BauerleinLet's add to the lists of movies that other periodicals have suggested people watch while stuck in their homes. Continue Reading »
A Dark Cloud For Democracy
by Carl R. TruemanBritain's news headlines are not dominated by events in its most recently ceded colony but by domestic protests about police violence in Minneapolis. Continue Reading »
Assisted Suicide By Zoom
by Wesley J. SmithThe American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying recently published formal guidelines that permit doctors to assist suicides via the Internet. Continue Reading »
Common Spirit, Common Good
by Peter J. LeithartThe Spirit weds hearts to one another through human actions and physical things, through shared words, shared bread, shared goods. Continue Reading »
The Vatican’s Choice: Jimmy Lai or Xi Jinping?
by George WeigelThis latest display of Beijing’s intent to enforce communist power in Hong Kong coincides with the most recent persecution of Jimmy Lai. Continue Reading »
Witnessing Martyrdom
by Hans BoersmaWe need to relearn the joy of suffering in Christ and prepare for martyrdom. Continue Reading »
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