Confessions to Father Newman
by Brian Doyle“I would suggest that you not consider marriage again until you are at least ten years old.” Continue Reading »
Axis America
by David RandallAmazon serializes The Man in the High Castle, the Philip K. Dick novel that asked: What would we be like if we had lost World War II? Continue Reading »
First Things, a Lifeline
by R. R. RenoIdeas have consequences. They are also vehicles of truth, and of uplift. Continue Reading »
Trump's Identity Politics
by R. R. RenoMany have described Donald Trump as a bully. His verbal assaults on Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel certainly fit that description. Curiel is overseeing a law suit against the now-defunct Trump University. Things aren't going Trump's way, it seems. And so, instead of calling the judge “stupid” or . . . . Continue Reading »
The Benedict Option as Culture War
by Greg ForsterIt's not disengagement from politics; it's a continuation of the culture war's bad politics. Continue Reading »
Songs of Exile
by Alexi SargeantWhere has all the dark Christian music gone? It doesn’t take much listening to notice how blithe and breezy popular Christian music has become. At the data journalism site FiveThirtyEight, Leah Libresco has run the numbers and found that the lyrics of recent Christian hits skew towards life, . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian Pop, Minus the Pep
by Eve TushnetDoes your soul need a lay-me-down instead of a pick-me-up? Harrison Lemke's Fertile Crescent Blues is a deep Biblical meditation expressed through feel-bad indie music. Continue Reading »
Upcoming Events—6.6.16
by EditorsWhat is the role of the priest in today's Catholic schools? How do the Fathers of the Church speak to us today? This and more in our events roundup.
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