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Going to Death: An Interview With Amy Welborn
In a recent interview, Amy Welborn shares intimate details of writing her book Wish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope . The book chronicles her trip to Sicily shortly...
The Specificity of the Person of Christ
In the most recent issue of Dappled Things , Damian J. Ference provides an engaging assessment of the similarities between the works of Pope Benedict XVI and Flannery O’Connor. In his...
Bishop Malone Has Not Backed Down
Today The New York Times published Bishop R. J. Malone’s response to an article written on June 25th, namely “Second Time Around, Hope for Gay Marriage in Maine.” The...
A ‘Brush’ with Mystery: Thoughts on The Steins Collect
It was early Saturday afternoon, and we were making our way uptown to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My friend and I were each absorbed in our own paperwork...
The Heart of the Matter
Dr. John F. Crosby’s lecture on the legacy of twentieth century phenomenologist Dietrich von Hildebrand was greeted by a full house and fine conversation at the First Things editorial...
