Make Advent Great Again
Advent is the forgotten liturgical season, lost in the secular Christmas season insanity. What can we do to reclaim Advent, to help us be truly prepared for the coming of Christ at Christmas?
Till We Have Faces in a Nutshell
C.S. Lewis called Till We Have Faces “my best book” and “far and away the best I have written.” He said it was the “favourite of all my books.”
The Forgotten Virtue of Patriotism
We are not called to flee the battle for our native land, our heritage, and our culture. We must not forget the virtue of patriotism.
Notre Dame: Is It Still Catholic?
A professor at Notre Dame recently has offered and promoted abortion access to Notre Dame students, despite university policy and Indiana law. Will the university do anything about it?
Asking the Wrong Questions About Homosexuality
The problem with asking “Why does God make people gay?” is that it contains a false premise which, necessarily, leads to a false conclusion.
There and Back Again: A Rings of Power Postmortem
Season One of The Rings of Power has ended, and none too soon. It is a mess that bears only a passing resemblance to Tolkien’s world of engaging characters, strong moral code, and story realism.
Three Months of Dangerous Holidays
Columbus Day started an almost three-month cultural flagellation feast for liberals which continues through Thanksgiving, reaches a peak at Christmas, and culminates in January 6th.
The Hobbit in a Nutshell
At its deepest level, The Hobbit can be seen as a parabolic commentary on the words from St. Matthew’s Gospel that where our treasure is, there our heart will be also.
Destroying Culture Through Amnesia
The introduction of divisive critical race theory, historical revisionism, and the permeation of woke ideology into every crevice of school curriculums has led to a silencing of our culture’s stories.
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Penitent Criminal
Jeffrey Dahmer’s conversion to Christianity near the end of his life raises many questions about redemption, salvation, and what it means to be a sinner.
Psychology: Replacing the Couch with Knife and Injection
The psychology profession, growing ever larger, seems more and more to have given up on counseling. Why spend time talking when you can prescribe a drug or provide a surgical procedure that will make the problem go away?
C in a Nutshell
“C” by Maurice Baring is little known, but received the highest of praise from the French novelist André Maurois, who wrote that no book had given him such pleasure since his reading of Tolstoy, Proust, and certain novels by E.M. Forster.
The Temptations of the Intellectual
Intellectuals often suffer from a deep vanity, the emptiest of all manifestations of envy or pride. But their intellect often leads them to accept the most stupid of ideas.
The Growing Feminist Rejection of the Sexual Revolution
Some left-wing feminists are starting to challenge the narrative of the sexual revolution, recognizing that it was, in fact, disastrous for women.
Brideshead Revisited in a Nutshell
The theme of Brideshead Revisited is the operation of divine grace on a group of diverse but closely connected characters.
On Wearing Socks and the Death of the Queen
Before we can have a Christian civilization, we must first have a civilization. We must have rituals and rules. We must have etiquette, a way things are done.
The Left and Its Problems with Language
God makes clear in Genesis that naming things accurately is an integral part of His creative act. We cannot have a beautiful and breathtaking creation if it is divinely misnamed. Misnaming creation is to introduce deception into what is inherently good.
That Hideous Strength: A Prophecy for Our Times
For those of us attempting to weather the unsettling global upheavals in the 21st century, “That Hideous Strength” is vital reading to understand the network of connections in the cosmic battle in which we find ourselves.
Restoring the Rules of a Healthy Society
What we want are all the habits and customs that teach boys and girls from the beginning that they are meant for one another and that bring them together in merriment. Which means rules.
The Burning of Books
I burn books, which puts me in uncomfortable company. However, the books I burn I have found too objectionable to pass on. They are my possessions; I can do with them as I see fit.
