The Call to Gift

by James P. Shea

Don J. Briel, professor at the University of Mary and founder of the Catholic Studies Program at the University of St. Thomas, passed away on February 15. Continue Reading »

28 Feb 2018

In Memoriam, 2017

by George Weigel

Before the civil year ends, let’s remember seven giants who will be sorely missed. Continue Reading »

27 Dec 2017

Talking to Heraclitus

by Leonard Kriegel

“Life has the name of life but in reality it is death,” writes Heraclitus. No Bronx boy, even one who has celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday, has enough chutzpah to argue with that. Yet having survived to so ripe an age, I find that when it comes to death, I prefer a more American voice, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2017

Pack Your Bags

by Matthew Hennessey

Preparing for death requires much more than putting financial affairs in order. Continue Reading »

15 Jun 2017

The Hardest Mission of an Air Force Chaplain

by James A. Hamel

Today is a day to honor those who didn't get to come home. Continue Reading »

29 May 2017

God’s Image, Man’s Crimes

by James R. Rogers

Mosaic (and Noahic) teachings regarding the death penalty are revelations of God and teach us of God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. But how? Continue Reading »

29 Mar 2017

Death Penalties and the Divine

by James R. Rogers

Does the Bible provide principled grounds for abolition of the death penalty? Continue Reading »

28 Mar 2017

Letters

by Various

Fascist Fallacy, Writer and Riots, Numbered Days, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2017

A Merry Pascalian Christmas!

by Carl R. Trueman

Pascal understood the pathology of our age three hundred years ago. And the answer then, as now, is the Christian one. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2016

Healing the Dying

by Lydia Dugdale

At our annual reunions, my brother and sisters and I often joked that we flew home every year because “this might be Grandpa’s last.” We wanted to be sure to say one final goodbye. The odd thing was, we had been saying this for twenty years. Grandpa just didn’t seem to die. And as the clock . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2016