On Tortured Poets, Taylor Swift Dreams of Marriage
by Isabella ClarkeTaylor Swift invokes marriage as the ultimate symbol of enduring love and commitment on her eleventh studio album. Continue Reading »
Sex, Lies, and Suicide
by Jaspreet Singh BoparaiBlake Butler has captured the destructive power of sin far more convincingly than many Christian writers have latterly managed to do. Continue Reading »
Seriously, God Is Love
by Peter J. LeithartSergius Bulgakov has long been hailed by Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike as a titan of twentieth-century theology. He wrote on everything. After a youthful flirtation with Marx, he published Philosophy of Economy (1912), an anti-Marxist work of social theory. In The Tragedy of . . . . Continue Reading »
Insight at First Sight
by Jenna Silber Storey and Benjamin StoreyImagine that you are an accomplished young woman, walking into a campus coffee shop toward the end of your senior year. Your eye catches a cute guy sitting across the room, talking to his friends. You smile inwardly, then get down to studying. After a while, you get up for another coffee—and . . . . Continue Reading »
Love Stronger Than Death
by Peter J. LeithartHere is the hope of the gospel: There is a love stronger than death, a love more jealously possessive than the grave. Continue Reading »
C. S. Lewis and Contraception
by Michael WardC. S. Lewis's writings betray no formal stance on contraception, though a close reading reveals his critical gaze on the topic, prohibited from speech by a sense of prudence. Continue Reading »
Five Rules for Living Faithfully in the Digital Age
by Samuel D. JamesThis isn’t about turning the cultural clock back to 1995. It’s about sustained flourishing in a digital age, which is only possible if we both test the spirits of the age and guard our hearts. Continue Reading »
Love on the Streets of LA
by Mark BauerleinGregory Boyle joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness. Continue Reading »
The Social Cost of Online Dating
by Anna Bonta MorelandDating apps lead young people to settle for a quick fix, a temporary satiation of a deep, human desire to love and be loved, to know and be known. Continue Reading »
Canceling Love in the Name of Love
by Peter J. LeithartThe effort to preserve life by prohibiting the living of it doesn’t work. Continue Reading »
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