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Marching for Life and Planet
As I was rallying for life with several thousand other Texans at our state capitol, a few…
Mission Trips and the “Monolithic Other”
Short-term “mission trips” are hugely popular among American Evangelicals. Usually these trips involve lay people visiting another…
Why I Objected
I have been asked why, on St. Timothy day in York Minster, I stood up to object…
First Links — 1.30.15
7 Things You Should Know About the Ongoing Coup in Yemen anonymous, The Gospel Coalition Not a…
Something There Is
You’d think we were living in Jericho, what with all the talk of walls falling down. The…
Circular Dating
In his forthcoming translation of The Writings, Strong As Death Is Love, Robert Alter argues that the writings…
Old New World
It’s an old saw, but is it possible to read Augustine’s description of the corruptions of the…
Divine Feminine
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott is mistaken in her general conclusion to The Divine Feminine, recently reprinted by Wipf &…
A Victory for Religious Freedom in Canada
Yesterday brought news of a significant victory for religious freedom in Canada. The Supreme Court of Nova…
Fifty Shades of Pretty
Inspired by this photo spread from Seventeen magazine: 1. Blistered Red: This look is really what we as…
First Links — 1.29.15
Want to ask Facebook about your Daughter’s Binky? Go Ahead Elissa Strauss, The Week CUNY: Don’t Address…
Up and Down
John ascends to heaven at the bidding of a trumpet-voice (4:1); an angel ascends from the east…
Practical Thomism
Peter Kreeft’s Practical Theology isn’t quite an introduction to Thomas’s Summa. It’s too repetitive, too selective, to be that.…
Love Melts
One of the most profound passages from the Summa quoted in Peter Kreeft’s Practical Theology is this (p.…
Taking Pride in Humility
It all started when a guy told me in a Facebook post that if someone tells him…
