Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
How Churches Can Bridge the Marriage Divide
Earlier this month, W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project and a senior fellow at…
In Praise of Praise Music
Praise music gets no respect, even among Christians. It is not hard to figure out why the…
Uncluttering the House of the Mind
I thank Headmaster Crowe for that gracious introduction. And I thank Professor Owen Anderson of Arizona State…
Can Christian Music Be Real Rock and Roll?
The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane by christopher partridge oxford, 2013, 368…
Will Catholics Comply?
Sometime soon, the Supreme Court will announce its decision in the Hobby Lobby case. Depending on how…
Time to Admit It: I Live in the Suburbs and Love It
I have to finally confess to myself: I live in a suburb. It has taken me a…
Smoky Sky
The skies are sick, a feverish, jaundiced gray,malodorous with foul effluviadissembling skyline and the light of day—crepuscular,…
The Father Cals
Or here’s a story. One time when I was an altar boy A missionary priest arrived at…
Growth
One who’d been my friendly Granwas now mostly barred from me,accomplishing her hard deathon that strange farm…
For City Kids and City Neighborhoods
It’s commencement season and tens of thousands of students are graduating from inner-city Catholic elementary schools. As…
True Detective and the Problem of Personal Significance
It has been several months since I saw HBO’s first season of True Detective, but something about…
How “Salem” Shows We Need To Be A Little More Puritanical
Some years ago, I read much of Perry Miller’s The American Puritans for a class. I came…
Bob Dylan’s Mormon Influences
Bob Dylan has a lot in common with Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet. Don’t take my word…
Hank Aaron Stretched out His Hand with His Rod
It is a moment etched in baseball history. On April 8, 1974, the Los Angeles Dodgers were…
Life Is Full of Failure. Bio Blurbs Should Be Too.
Rejection comes in all shapes and sizes. Thin envelopes, long conversations, and terse emails. Yet historically, the…
