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At some point we must give up trying to understand other people. Love them, surely. But recognize that such a love cannot be based on comprehension. We need always...

I have a confession to make: I use AI chatbots. A lot. I ask them questions about many things, from fixing the dishwasher (accurate) to who wrote what when...

The Department of War recently released dozens of files, dating back to the 1940s, of UFO sightings. There’s more to come, but there are no real revelations here. Everything...

I visited a friend of mine a few years ago. He was a deeply faithful theologian, but without much success in his profession. Deeply devoted to each other, he and...

A few years ago, I had some routine surgery. Something went wrong in recovery. The nurses on the floor couldn’t fix it. They couldn’t find the specialist. It was Sunday....

I regularly fume as I am caught in the chain of red lights that mark my rides down long “thruways” in the city. Why can’t we get them timed,...

Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not” (Jon. 3:9). These words, spoken by the king of Nineveh, are often read at the opening of Lent...

The Nativity of our Lord—born an infant, laid in a manger. It’s an utterly strange story: The Creator of all things takes the flesh of and lives as a...

In a recent in-flight interview, Pope Leo mentioned that Brother Lawrence’s The Practice of the Presence of God was one of the great influences on his spiritual life. Lawrence...

I was a full-time parish priest at a time when we still visited people in their homes. In one congregation, I made a commitment to visit every member my...

I have long thought that the Great Litany of the Book of Common Prayer represents most fully the originating character of Anglicanism. And “full” the litany is. It is...

St. Augustine remains the Church’s greatest preacher. A single sermon of his can roam in many directions. That is a marvelous virtue, because it reflects reality: God’s glory is...

While I was in college, the local priest got me to come along with him on his nursing home rounds and play old hymns on the broken piano in...

We are familiar with the “disenchantment” thesis about modern culture. When Max Weber suggested it in the early twentieth century, it seemed to fit many aspects of Western life...

C S. Lewis has never been my favorite Christian writer. I admit this sheepishly, given his stature. The virtues of his most influential work, Mere Christianity, are real. But...