Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Briefly Noted
Saint Paul Lives Here (In Minnesota)by zach czaiawipf and stock, 66 pages, $7.50 A fter years of…
Christian Freedom Amidst Persecution
Christianity and Freedom, Vol. II, Contemporary Perspectives edited by allen d. hertzke & timothy samuel shah cambridge,…
Amoris Laetitia and the Words of Christ
The first paragraph of Amoris Laetitia states that “the desire to marry and form a family remains…
The Most Important Day of Your Life
During talks around the country in recent years, I’ve been asking Catholic audiences how many of those…
Are Mormons Actually Moving Closer to Orthodoxy?
Are Mormons moving closer to Orthodoxy? According to Richard Mouw, retired president of Fuller Seminary, they are.…
Prince: Dance. Music. Sex. Religion.
Iʼm twenty years old, maybe twenty one. Weʼre four deep in my little two-door Saturn, on our…
The Pacifist Temptation
A few days after the Vatican unveiled Amoris Laetitia, the Pope’s impressive exhortation on families in the…
Amoris Laetitia from Where I Stand
Philip Larkin lamented that whether or not anybody refills your drink at a party “seems to turn…
How the Church Failed Fishtown
The sign outside the church lists a single Sunday Mass time. The bulletin provides details on the…
Katharine Drexel
In my bilingual Catholic parish, the nativist undercurrent of the campaign season looms loudly over the Latinos…
Muslims in the Melting Pot
S everal related questions underpin much of the discussion about the growing presence of Muslim immigrants and…
Passion Play
At his ascension, Jesus told the eleven disciples that they would receive the Spirit to be his…
A Community Pledged in the Spirit
Mulling my Lenten way through the Apostles’ Creed, I have come to see that in defining what…
Easter is not a Question Mark
Excavating my desk recently, I found the program notes from a Tallis Scholars concert my wife and…
“The Walking Dead” and the Importance of Dead Bodies
The Walking Dead, a horror show about flesh-eating zombies, has become a television sensation—perhaps the most popular…
