An Unexpected Gift
by John DalyI am hers and she is mine and nothing, not dementia nor death itself, can ever erase that. She will always be my mother, and I her son. Continue Reading »
Sharing Immortality
by Hans BoersmaEaster is good news: Our bodies too will be raised immortal, incorruptible—joined together with our souls in paradisal glory. Continue Reading »
Human Composting and the Christian
by Mark MiloschWhen we partake in the old-fashioned ritual of burying the dead in graves, we confess that we too look for the resurrection of glorified bodies at the end of time. Continue Reading »
A Cornucopia of Life
by Elizabeth BachmannA culture of life, therefore, means not just preserving physical life, but developing rich spiritual, intellectual, and emotional lives. Continue Reading »
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 »
The Poetry of Autumn
by James Matthew WilsonBoth natural and artificial things bear a parabolic or symbolic quality to them. Autumn as a season, for example, is evocative of many things: the darkness of decay, to be sure, alongside bold beauty. Continue Reading »
The Work of Mourning
by Roger ScrutonIn a significant essay entitled “Mourning and Melancholia,” Freud wrote of “the work of mourning,” meaning the psychic process whereby a cherished object is finally laid to rest, as it were buried in the unconscious, and the ego liberated from its grip. Until the work of mourning has been . . . . Continue Reading »
Liberalism and Double Standards
by R. R. RenoConsistency is a basic principle of justice, and one important form of criticism is the exposure of hypocrisy. There are many occasions for exposing hypocrisy these days. In the aftermath of the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Florida home, we can point to Hillary Clinton’s private server. Asked to . . . . Continue Reading »
On the Ever-Accelerating Passage of Time
by George WeigelPerhaps the most striking of John Courtney Murray's aphorisms was phrased, if memory serves, like this: “Death is the only thing we really have to look forward to.” Continue Reading »
A Grief Philosophized
by Mark BauerleinMichael Cholbi joins the podcast to discuss his book, Grief: A Philosophical Guide. Continue Reading »
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