The Miracle of “We”
by R. R. RenoHuman beings are by nature social animals. But the particularity of the “we” is always a gift. Continue Reading »
Fear and the Benedict Option
by Leah Libresco SargeantIn order to pray for the people the Devil wants us to see as enemies, we need to see them as people. Continue Reading »
Bread Eternal
by Jane Sloan PetersIn the ruins of Ostia Antica, where Roman roads have disintegrated into a tangle of worn stones and earth, past market stalls where tall grasses jut from meticulously laid mosaic floors, one can find about three dozen stone basins in which bakers once placed bread dough to rise. This is one of . . . . Continue Reading »
Your First Things Community
by Ramona TauszIn the midst of our atomized world, First Things offers a community—a place where you will find others eager to join you in opposing the chaos of contemporary life. Continue Reading »
Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style
by Bethany MandelThe Jewish community has a great deal more experience than the Christian community at operating independently of many of society’s boundaries. Continue Reading »
Charles Taylor and the Communion of the Saints
by Dale M. CoulterTaylor’s prescription for our secular age remains connected to his reading of Christian tradition, in particular his understanding of the communion of the saints. Continue Reading »
Can We Talk?
by Timothy GeorgeConversations can be deep or shallow, casual or serious, but they invariably take place as an encounter between an “I” and a “thou.” Continue Reading »
The Benedict Option and the Way of Exchange
by Alan JacobsDebate over the Benedict Option has been conducted at the level of competing world-historical metanarratives. Instead, let’s focus on the local and personal. Continue Reading »
Pokémon Go and the Kindness of Strangers
by Alexi SargeantEvery popular game has its naysayers, but a doom-and-gloom attitude is harder to justify when a game is pulling players out into the sunlight to discover the places and people around them—and to do some good deeds to strangers in the process. Continue Reading »
Mobile Technology: A Complication in the Human Condition
by Micah Harris
On the surface, this is another book about how smartphones disrupt conversation. It draws from social science studies and a raft of interviews to confirm what we already knew through experience. But the book is important because it captures the other 90 percent of the iceberg: how smartphones preempt solitude and the essential connection between solitude and conversation.
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