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Aug 14, 2025 Essay, Popular

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• Civil Discourse
• Faith
• Public Life

Tim Keller or Machiavelli?

A modest defence of third wayism.

Jun 17, 2025 Material Mysticism, Popular

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• Church
• Ethics
• Faith

Merton’s Nurse

How Mary helped rescue America’s most famous monk.

Jun 5, 2025 Popular, Q&a Discernment

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• Civil Discourse
• Culture
• Family

Why Have Children?

Thinking with patience, rigour, and generosity about a contentious topic.

Mar 6, 2025 Essay, Popular Privacy

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• Culture
• Health
• Technology

Internet Overexposure Syndrome

A taxonomy of adaptations to online life.

Sep 5, 2024 Essay, Popular Are We Really in Decline?

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• History
• Literature
• Theology

The Long Defeat of History

Tolkien’s hope for the entropy of ages.

Sep 5, 2024 Essay, Popular Are We Really in Decline?

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• Cultural Renewal
• Ethics
• History

The Conversion of Public Intellectuals

Two pathways.

Aug 1, 2024 Book Review, Popular

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• Ethics
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Devices and Desires

Addressing the link between smartphones and mental illness among our children.

Jun 6, 2024 Essay, Popular Searching for Home

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• Gender
• Parenting
• Work

Motherhood and the Intellectual Life

What kind of knowing is maternal knowing?

Jun 6, 2024 Essay, Popular Searching for Home

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• Civil Discourse
• Family
• Race

The Truth Will Lead You Home

Why do we cling to our denials, delusions, and deceits?

May 9, 2024 Essay, Popular

Topics:

• Church
• Community
• Social Architecture

The Healing Power of Church Architecture

Why we need holy spaces more than ever.