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Those who had previously greeted me with smiles and handshakes find ways to hint through word and deed that I am no longer one of them ...

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…

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

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

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

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

The lessons of murmuration are clear. There is power and safety in community

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.

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

A peaceful crisis response paves the way for restoration and wholeness.

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

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.

O’Connor’s fiction does not offer sentimental portraits of faith—it tests faith.

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.

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

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.   …

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

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.

This year the big boys dominated.

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

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

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

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

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