Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Trigger Warnings and Academic Consumerism
I have been reading a lot of back-and-forth about “trigger warnings” lately. Students who see themselves as…
Letters
Catholicisms A demographic question for Ross Douthat regarding his “A Crisis of Conservative Catholicism” (January): If liberal…
The Loving Intellect
What does it mean to be an intellectual? The word comes from the Latin word for understanding,…
The Breath of Mercy
A mother shouldn’t have favorites, but I have often observed that she inclines more to the child…
The Holy Family
Of the Passover festival in Jerusalem, St. Luke concisely reports, “When the festival was ended, Jesus stayed…
The Establishment “Radicals” of the Modern University
Next autumn will mark forty years since I arrived on a college campus as a freshman. I’ve…
Christmas Guide to Buying a Bible: 2015 Supplement
Good advice should stand the test of time. After reviewing the suggestions on my “Christmas Guide to…
Swiping for Soul Mates
Previous generations of Americans married the boy or girl next door—literally. According to one study from 1932,…
Mobile Technology: A Complication in the Human Condition
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in the Digital Age by sherry turklepenguin, 448 pages, $27.95 On…
Baylor at the Crossroads
I joined Baylor University’s faculty in July 2003 after a brief stint as a Visiting Fellow in…
Divorce and Communion
There were only two occasions in my life as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
What Comes After the Synod
Whatever Pope Francis does in the wake of the Synod on the Family, we have a new…
Roland on Dreams
It was, I believe, the third time that the small, hard, moist rubber ball struck my forehead…
When Teachers Don’t Matter
It is only 2 p.m. on a mild afternoon in February, but the hallways are quiet and…
The Saints and All of Us
Written from Rome: Amidst all the Sturm und Drang of Synod-2015, something genuinely new in the life…
