Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
School Shootings and the Book of Job
Last Thursday morning, I was teaching a freshman honors seminar in Newberg, Oregon. We were discussing Genesis…
Issues Beneath Issues at Synod 2015
Written from Rome: Since Pope Francis announced that two Synods would examine the contemporary crisis of marriage…
The Moral Universe of Hannibal
A woman lovingly plucks a dead pheasant. A man places a human arm on a cutting board…
The Mystery of Eternal Love
One of the most common charges leveled against Christians in the early church was that they were…
Synod on the Family
The following is a preview segment of R. R. Reno’s “The Public Square” from our upcoming November…
Instrumentum Laboris
The following is a preview segment of R. R. Reno’s “The Public Square” from our upcoming November…
Solving the Poor
Our Kids:The American Dream in Crisisby robert d. putnamsimon & schuster, 400 pages, $28 In a recent…
Synod 2015 Hopes
The XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family begins with Mass in…
Sporting Transcendence
Recently I got quite caught up in a football game on television. It was a close match…
Close Reading in the Classroom
Teaching Particulars, Literary Conversations in Grades 6-12 by Helaine L. Smith paul dry, 248 pages, $18.95 Too…
We Need to Talk About Adoption
In “Adoption, Abortion and a Message of Hope,” J.D. Flynn makes an important point: the choice to…
Learned Ignorance
On Wednesday evening, a capacity crowd assembled at the Calvary Chapel on the campus of Biola University…
In Loco Politicus
There is much talk lately of an over-parenting crisis. In her book How to Raise an Adult, Julie…
Facebook and Calling Priests “Father”
On Facebook people connect using their real names and identities.” “Titles of any kind” are forbidden; “the…
Dieting
It is time for some late summer lighthearted fun, except our household is dieting. We have gone…
