Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Christina Rossetti’s Lenten Life
The Victorian poet Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) is most celebrated for her popular Christmas carols, but her most…
Is God More Like a Rock or the idea of a rock?
Is God more like a rock or the idea of a rock? If you had to choose…
Silence
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a New York magazine report on Whisper, the latest in social…
The John Paul II difference in 1989
Twenty-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1989, a joint statement from the communist government of Poland, the…
New Year’s Habits
New Year’s Resolutions tend to focus on new skills and habits to acquire. This is the year…
Little Sisters in the Political Madhouse
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has blocked the administration’s mandate that the Little Sisters of the Poor…
Pursuit of Felicitas
In recent years, conservative Aristotelian-Thomists like Patrick Deneen and Alasdair MacIntyre have made the argument that a…
Reforming the German Family
Which is more important for the family: marriage or Sunday-closing laws? The answer is clear for the…
Halloween and the Power of Evil
There are big banners hanging over the streets of our local business district, announcing a “Spooktacular” celebration…
Revolving Revolutions
The mariners of the sixteenth century could not have imagined that people would ever cross the ocean…
Five Myths About Pope Francis
He has been called an “improv pope,” a pope of many surprises, but the biggest surprise of…
Islam’s Origins
In the Shadow of the Sword The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab…
Fatherhood After Christmas
My friend’s six-year-old son wanted to be God the Father in the Christmas pageant. He reasoned that…
How Microphones Muffle Good Preaching
Technology changes things. Perhaps that seems obvious; one need think only of the advances made in areas…
Sisters
The sisters, quick to gather, like moths to candlewick, mourn another sudden death, with thrumming talk and…
