Golgotha: The Meaning of the Journey
My children, when you were little, we used sometimes to go for walks in our pine woods. In the open fields, you would run along by yourselves. But you used instinctively to give me your hands as we… Read More
The Genius of Mike Church
Yesterday, I had the great honor of speaking with one of the single best radio personalities in the United States and, frankly, the world: Mike Church. We talked for over 75 minutes, though, the actual edit comes down… Read More
Roman Catholics for Cruz
Proud to be on this list. https://www.tedcruz.org/news/catholic-leaders-endorse-ted-cruz-president/
Carl Olson’s New Books
Every one’s favorite Catholic World Report editor, Carl Olson, has two new books coming out. Very exciting. Make sure you order early and often! One is Called To Be the Children of God: The Catholic Theology of Deification (Ignatius Press),… Read More
Biography and the Art of Being Human
A thought experiment: try to recreate everything you’ve done since you started reading this article. Every thought, every distraction, every movement, every feeling. Have you wanted some coffee? Have you thought about closing this page? Have you scratched that itch on… Read More
Pope Benedict XVI on C.S. Lewis
Source: “Cardinal Ratzinger in Cambridge,” BRIEFING 88, vol. 18, no. 3 (5 February 1988); reprinted in the CANADIAN CSL JOURNAL no. 63 (Summer 1988), 4-5. “Long before the outbreak of terrorism and the invasion of drugs, the English… Read More
Voluntary Associations and America
Voluntary associations have played a vital and pervasive role in the development of the American frontier and West, as well as for the United States as a whole. In an oft-quoted passage, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy… Read More
Eric Voegelin on Gnosticism
This morning, over at The Imaginative Conservative, Eric Voegelin’s Gnosticism. Though we associate Gnosticism with early Christianity, especially with the warnings against the “anti-Christ” in the writings of St. John the Beloved, Gnosticism actually emerged in the Near East… Read More
Rachel Gough on Parenting
When my daughter was born, my heart shattered with love. . . A beautiful lightning essay by my former student and always-friend, Rachel Gough. Enjoy. http://kindredmag.com/2016/02/03/parenting-is-an-extreme-sport/
Larry Reed on Edmund Burke
My friend and hero, Larry Reed, has written an excellent piece on Edmund Burke and the quest for real liberty over at FEE.org. Please check it out. http://fee.org/articles/among-a-people-generally-corrupt-liberty-cannot-long-exist/ I would only add this to Larry’s great piece: that Burke… Read More
Frank Sheed Interviews Christopher Dawson, 1958
Excellent interview. Two of the finest Christian humanists of the 20th century. Enjoy. sheed interview dawson 1958
C.S. Lewis, “Christianity and Culture,” 1940
An excellent article. But, of course! csl christianity and culture 1940
Stormfields 