Essay

Nov 13, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Church
• Faith
• Public Life

A Sacramental Reality

What narratives about the rising number of Catholic converts miss.

Nov 13, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Ethics
• Faith
• Theology

What Is Freedom For?

On living in the age of acedia.

Nov 6, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Arts
• Cultural Renewal
• Public Theology

The Kingdom Beyond the Frame

The fraught world of culture, capital, and creativity.

Nov 6, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Art
• Imagination
• Public Life

Silence, the First Music

Amid the noise of the world, quietude conditions encounter.

Oct 23, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Ethics
• Health
• Public Life

The Grace of Sport

Elegance and aggression in competition can point us to virtue, and maybe even to God.

Oct 23, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Civil Discourse
• Education
• Relationship

Looking Upward

Why boys need to see models of responsibility.

Oct 16, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Culture
• Faith
• Imagination

Christian Blues Traveller

On music, fundamentalism, and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners.”

Oct 16, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Children
• Culture
• Relationship

Kids These Days

On becoming a middle-aged grump (or not).

Oct 9, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Church
• Cultural Renewal
• Faith

Revival Among the Techies

Is the Spirit on the move in Silicon Valley?

Sep 11, 2025 Essay

Topics:

• Justice
• Policy
• Remembering

What It Means to Never Forget

Twenty-four years after 9/11, some survivors are still fighting.