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Lovely, Dark, and Deep

The one observation on which all the Brothers focused with most interest, though, was what I might describe as the words beyond words. These poems are not just about a…
April 29, 2025

Pollution and Sin: An Earth Month Reflection

As I picked up litter, I had ample time to reflect upon the stunning parallels between human pollution and sin.

Taking a Turn Taking it on the Chin

But the attacks on higher education are also part of a broader trend, which devalues work itself, especially work motivated by love
April 26, 2025

What’s in a Name?

We all have the power to name ourselves—collectively, not individually
April 25, 2025

Garden With Children

I am happy that the boys enjoy the garden too. But who knows how it will be in five years?

Can Good Deeds Become Like Murmurations?

The lessons of murmuration are clear. There is power and safety in community
Alice Evans
April 23, 2025

A Phone that Does not Ring

Jess never missed calling me today, even when I was half a world away. This marks the eleventh year that my phone will not ring.

The Race to the Bottom: A Review of Ross Benes’s ‘1999’

It never fails—whenever Benes defends low culture, he does so in the exact terms that he ought to be using to criticize it

Crisis Response and the Remembering of Nightlife Hample

A peaceful crisis response paves the way for restoration and wholeness.
April 19, 2025

On Lear, Lent, and Christian Tragedy

The man of faith knows that even the deepest darkness may be irradiated

In Between on the Camino de Santiago

Whether the remains of St. James lie there or not, most of our band will likely return again to travel a new way to Santiago.

From Postliberalism to Preliberalism: A Review of The Church Against the State

Next time we’re drinking bourbon together, I look forward to telling him that he’s got all the right impulses and is coming to the wrong conclusions.

Sowing Winter Wheal: Preparing Seed and Soil for the New Era

As my hibernal title indicates, my sense is that this trajectory will be difficult.
April 14, 2025

Marvin Olasky on the Press, Presidents, and Pivots

The longtime editor-in-chief of World magazine discusses the Zenger Prize, his new gig at Christianity Today, the temptations of conservative politics (compassionate or otherwise), and his memoir Pivot Points.   …

The Hidden Sorrow of Easter

Christ’s resurrection offers assurance in the face of inevitable, implacable death. But it doesn’t come easily

An Inside Job

It’s time to give the kids a better life script, to give them something more to aspire to than slumping over a screen for the rest of their lives.

Rooting for Front Porch Journalism

This year the big boys dominated.
April 10, 2025

In Praise of Old Fencerows

Within five years you could have a tiny piece of managed nature, in which more birds sing than you would have thought possible

Andrew Tate and the Right we Need

Above all, our culture needs an inward right. We need a right wing concerned with the soul and its restoration.
April 8, 2025

Lectors at the Lectern

I moved on, but I realized in that moment that I hadn’t adequately answered the student’s question

America’s Failure to Achieve Posture Perfection

Determining the exact role of posture is impossible, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important for general human health.

A Knock at My door

Many who grieve have discovered that we are not weaker but stronger in our newfound awareness of what matters to us.

The Black Intellectual Tradition: A Review

may they receive the many gifts the black intellectual tradition has to offer