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    Daily Writings from First Things’ Top Writers

Make Straight the Path

by C. C. Pecknold

If your Advent is all rose and no purple, you’ll be unprepared for the grace of Christmas. Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2017 0

Word Made Flesh

by Peter J. Leithart

This is the good news of Advent: The Word who became flesh dwells in your flesh and speaks himself there, among your ruins. Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2017 0

What Does It Mean to Say “I Absolve You”?

by Gerhard Cardinal Müller

The sacrament of reconciliation must remain a visible, objective sign of grace—despite those who wish to turn it into a mere subjective reality. Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2017 0

No God but Santa

by Ulrich L. Lehner

Is “nice” ever an attribute we can or should use for God? Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2017 0

The Little Eschaton

by Francesca Aran Murphy

Even in a churchless family, the build-up of present-buying leading to Christmas can bear a wealth of eschatological meaning.  Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2017 0

Sex, Scandal, and Politics

by R. R. Reno

Too many Republicans voted for Roy Moore—conservative voters are embracing the progressive spirit of transgression and rebellion.  Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2017 0

Work Is a Four-Letter Word

by Eve Tushnet

Kayla Rae Whitaker’s debut novel about two cartoonists, The Animators, asks whether the overexamined life is worth living. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2017 0

Books for Christmas

by George Weigel

George Weigel offers book suggestions for all the readers on your Christmas gift list. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2017 0

Bluegrass Preaching

by C. C. Pecknold

After nearly four years of performing, The Hillbilly Thomists have released their first album, and it is a veritable feast of Bluegrass banjo bliss. Continue Reading »

12 Dec 2017 0

The Heart of the Psalms

by Nathaniel Peters

The Psalms Experience—twelve concerts by some of the world's great choirs, performing a capella settings of all 150 psalms—was recently featured in Manhattan.  Continue Reading »

12 Dec 2017 0
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