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April 2020

April 13, 2020

We Fight Best We Can, God Help Us

Once there was a little boy who imagined himself a warrior. He loved swords and...

April 12, 2020

Older Television for Pandemic or Any Time: Monk Reviewed OR Sharona or Natalie?

Sharona or Natalie? This question haunts our popular culture, but before turning to the deep...

April 11, 2020

This is my Father’s World . . .

The beauty of the moon last night reminded me of the goodness of the world....

April 10, 2020

This Too Shall Pass

Past performance, infomercials remind us at the very end, with hasty voiceover, is no guarantee...

April 08, 2020

Internal Exile: Church in Pandemic Time

Mary of Egypt spent forty-five years in prayer, exiled from the Church. In Soviet times,...

April 06, 2020

Learning from Thomas During a Pandemic (Guest Voice Jill Bergen Part 2/3)

For the duration of the pandemic, I have decided to focus on the positive. Dialectic...

April 03, 2020

This is the Day that the Lord Has Made, We Will Rejoice and Be Glad in It?

As a boy we sang, “This is the day that the Lord has made, we...

April 02, 2020

On Misreading Winning and the Mandate of Heaven (St. John of Damascus)

Times look bad and the temptation is to extrapolate from who is "winning" just now...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Home School Heroes: Thriving, Winning, Doing Our Best, The Temporary Online School

The very imperfect will not be the enemy of the good as a cadre of...

March 29, 2020

Common Ground: Science, not Scientism, Unity, Not Dissension

Scientism Apparently saying we should listen to scientists when they speak about their specialty, but...

March 28, 2020

Follow Scientists on the Science, but NOT Necessarily on What To Do

Many politicians are wisely arguing that when it comes to medicine, they should heed medical doctors....

March 27, 2020

Distinctions We Need in Hard Times: Intended versus Unintended Consequences

We cannot talk intelligently about a crisis if we do not have the right vocabulary....

March 24, 2020

Look! Five Things We Learned With Four Very Different Children Schooling at Home!

The ranks of homeschooling parents has grown. If this was not a voluntary choice, here...

March 23, 2020

Making Physical Objects… This is Harder than Tweeting

Concrete takes time to make, takes time to be shipped, takes time to use. During...

March 22, 2020

Christ is grace! Christ is life! Christ is Resurrection!: The Healing Prayer (Saint Ambrose) (Part 5/5)