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June 2014

June 07, 2014

Ignorance: A Blessing

There are some things that I know with certainty. The sum of two and three...

April 2014

April 02, 2014

Like a Child

As the oldest of seven kids, I’ve done my fair share of wiping dirty faces,...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Winter’s Humbling

Cuttings of yellow forsythia bloom on my coffee table as March threatens its last (fingers...

March 18, 2014

The Language of Narrative and the Recovery of Metanarrative: Part One

In the closing chapter of C.S. Lewis’s Out of the Silent Planet, (the story of...

March 07, 2014

Religious Experience as an Assault on Autonomy

There's a fascinating discussion going on right now about the nature of religious experience,...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

Why Fast?

For as long as I can remember, my dad has fasted every Wednesday and...

December 2013

December 11, 2013

Blessed Are the Homesick: Hospitality for Mobile Millennials

The independent rootlessness of emerging adults presents potent opportunities for the practice of hospitality. Shana...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Two Sides of Paradise

If one were to construct a spectrum of contemporary filmmakers, ranging from the minimalist to...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

Miscellany and Divine Transcendence

In the summer issue of Fare Forward, due out shortly, my essay on “Cancer and...

August 14, 2013

Religion, Intelligence, and Socialization

The Independent just reported that “religious people are less intelligent.” Whatever remains of the “new atheist”...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Millennial Presumptions

Rachel Held Evans’ latest post at CNN's religion blog has stirred up controversy in just...

July 16, 2013

The Ear of the Heart

A friend recently gave me the autobiography of a Benedictine nun at the Abbey of...

July 08, 2013

Lumen Fidei: FF Writers React

Michael Hannon: Lumen Fidei is a fine title for Pope Francis’ first encyclical, but I...