Kevin DeYoung on The Case for Kids
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Kevin DeYoung to talk about his article, “The Case for Kids,” from the November 2022 issue. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousIn his recent op-ed (“The Hypocrisy of Masks,” August/September) exploring the theme of hypocrisy in C. S. Lewis’s works, Gilbert Meilaender presents a careless reading of Lewis’s last novel, Till We Have Faces. This inattention to the details of Orual’s story compromises his argument, . . . . Continue Reading »
The Case For Kids
by Kevin DeYoungThe most significant thing happening in the world may very well be a thing that is not happening: Men and women are not having children. The biblical logic has been reversed, and the barren womb has said “Enough!” (Prov. 30:16). The paradigmatic affliction of the Old Testament is now . . . . Continue Reading »
Victors Over Victimhood
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, Ian V. Rowe joins the podcast to discuss the his new book, Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power. Continue Reading »
Cutting the Cord
by Samira KawashThe familial, connective virtues of landlines live on in their wireless descendants. Continue Reading »
Vocation in the Second Half of Your Life
by Daniel P. MoloneyI push back whenever a young woman tells me her vocation is to get married and have kids. Her vocation is not so limited. She may be called to marriage, but she’s also called to prepare for the life to come by prayer and sacrifice, by renouncing the things of this world, by thinking of what is above. Continue Reading »
Our Sexy Life
by Peter J. LeithartSex has become abortive even when it doesn’t end with an abortion. Continue Reading »
Leonard Cohen's Lost Children
by Jonathon Van MarenLeonard Cohen lived long enough to see the freedom of the sixties turn into something else—something that, despite his enthusiastic personal participation, was poisonous, especially for the vulnerable. Continue Reading »
Uvalde, Abortion, and the Limits of Compassion
by John MurdockGun rights advocates and abortion rights advocates should both mourn the loss of life engendered by their absolutist approaches to their political causes. Continue Reading »
Five Rules for Living Faithfully in the Digital Age
by Samuel D. JamesThis isn’t about turning the cultural clock back to 1995. It’s about sustained flourishing in a digital age, which is only possible if we both test the spirits of the age and guard our hearts. Continue Reading »
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