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November 2018

November 12, 2018

Vice is the Opiate of the Masses

A diagnosis that is common to the thought of Nietzsche and Marx concerns the pacifying...

September 2017

September 15, 2017

From the Vault: the Divine Wedgie Podcast Series

If you have been following the evolution of the Divine Wedgie over time, first up, a...

December 2016

December 01, 2016

The Train as Cloister

From a commuter...which could be the editor...or could not be... Trains are weird things... I...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

The Vicious Ascetic

In the Christian tradition asceticism, or the deliberate denial of certain pleasures and appetites, is...

October 2016

October 11, 2016

How Should Christians Respond to “the Feels”?

The feels... Nowadays, it is used to describe two things at once. At one,...

March 2016

March 07, 2016

A Sin Called Sadness

In the reading of Scripture, we are familiar with the exhortations against committing specific sins....

July 2013

July 18, 2013

Monasteries: “In” But Not “From”

James KA Smith has on his blog Fors Clavigera provided with a succinct yet incisive...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

Discipleship in Your Sleep

In the monastic life, every single day is bookended by the recitation of the Liturgy...

February 21, 2012

Benedict XVI on the Indispensability of Monasteries

The Vatican Information Service reported that, at a 9th October 2011 visit to the Carthusian...

January 2012

January 03, 2012

Sayings of the Saints: Basil of Caesarea

New Year's Day in the Eastern Liturgical Calendar is the Feast of Ss. Basil of...

November 2011

November 11, 2011

Protestant Monasticism: An Interview with Shane Claiborne

Many protestants of the Evangelical persuasion, especially those in the Emergent Church movement, are rediscovering...

October 2011

October 15, 2011

The Mall as Monastary

A recent news report touched on upcoming designs of new shopping centers. According to some...

August 2011

August 10, 2011

The City and the Monastery According to a Protestant Poet

A recent study was released that looked at the ill effects of city life that...

May 2011

May 15, 2011

The Clock, Secular Culture and the Noontime Demon

An earlier post spoke of the importance of the constructed nature of how we in...

May 04, 2011

Benedictine and Commercial Liturgies: A View from Norcia

Norcia, a tiny town in the Italian region of Umbria, is noted for two things....