Religion

Praying Outside the Abortion Clinic

Until this final shift, however, my prayers were most often focused on the future, beseeching God to stop the machinery of death from grinding on. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2022

The Perfection of Sailing

by K. E. Colombini

The supreme, historic delight of sailing is shared by many renowned authors. Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2022

Walker Percy's Questions

by John Wilson

Revisiting Walker Percy's superb book of essays sheds light on questions about evangelical faith today. Continue Reading »

4 Nov 2022

C. S. Lewis and Contraception

by Michael Ward

C. 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 »

3 Nov 2022

Both natural and artificial things bear a parabolic or symbolic quality to them. Autumn as a season, for example, is evocative of many things: the darkness of decay, to be sure, alongside bold beauty. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2022

President Biden, Archbishop Paglia, and the Mortification of the Church

by George Weigel

President Biden's claims to being fully Catholic are an embarrassment for the Church due to his vehement advocacy for abortion. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2022

The Kindness Challenge

by Timothy Jacobson

Kindness is a grace that acts in and on nature and is a tool for the good. I read nothing of this in the kindness literature. Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2022

The Substance of a Choice

by Francis X. Maier

Dan takes his friends for what they are: inhabitants of his world and part of his ordinary affairs; persons who become a little better, a little more fully human persons, because of Dan. Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2022

Sacramentals and Spooks

by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

Modern Halloween seems, however, to operate like anti-Catholicism of the British Victorian period, potentially leading to a backward proto-evangelization. Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2022

Why I Don’t Observe Halloween

by Stuart Halpern

Being a member of a religious minority forces one to both navigate the majority culture’s expectations and consider the boundaries of a unique identity. Continue Reading »