The ancient monks’ most glorious libraries contained less information than the average smartphone. But their habits of receptivity and assimilation can empower us to lift our gaze from our screens ennobled rather than enslaved. Continue Reading »
A personal relationship with God was indispensable for navigating our troubled world, she insisted. She did not, however, want to petrify this relationship into cold ritual. Continue Reading »
Deborah Fikes offers “A Challenge for My Fellow Evangelicals.” The challenge for evangelicals, apparently, is to get with the global program and embrace “Sister Hillary.” Continue Reading »
Plato’s Bedroom succeeds by starting outside of religion, by unsettling all of us, showing us why our erotic lives are so important and problematic, so beautiful and at the same time potentially destructive, why love and death are never far from one another. Continue Reading »
He sang like a master fencer with a clubfoot.
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The First Things Podcast, Episode 6. Also featuring: The Elephant Graph and Aphorisms on Youth and Age. Continue Reading »
A millennial recently bragged to my friend that he no longer has much reason to leave the comfort of his basement office. There, he enjoys a tri-screen computer setup and can simultaneously manage his business, view porn, and compete in online gaming tournaments from a single cushioned reclining chair. Continue Reading »
A new film explores the American obsession with creativity and “dreams.” These dreams inevitably collide with the iron inequalities of talent and (more importantly) money. Continue Reading »
No matter the reaction or the summer heat, I have never regretted wearing clerical garb publicly. Continue Reading »
The National Catholic Reporter reveals the shocking truth: Archbishop Charles Chaput is a Roman Catholic who takes the Catechism seriously. Who will rid us of such troublesome priests? Continue Reading »
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