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May 2016

May 14, 2016

Broken Hallelujahs

Beginning with a lover's wish to woo his beloved with the music that the biblical...

May 07, 2016

That Hideous Strength: When Marriage Saved the Universe

[Editor’s Note: This essay is Part 3 of a series on C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy,...

April 2016

April 02, 2016

What if You Could Stop the Fall of Man?

[Editor's Note: This essay is Part 2 of a series on C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy. Perelandra is...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Finding Redemption in the Blackness: Good Friday with Solzhenitsyn, Hawthorne, and O’Connor

[John Paul II intended his first encyclical Redemptor Hominis (Redeemer of man) to be “a...

March 19, 2016

Grace in the Grotesque: The Mysteries Represented in O’Connor’s “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”

[Editor's Note: In her essay "The Church and the Fiction Writer," Flannery O'Connor addresses the...

March 05, 2016

I’ll Be There for You: How the Power of Marriage Brings about Healing

The classic TV sitcom Friends is iconic for its long run, humor, and relatable characters that made...

February 2016

February 13, 2016

How C.S. Lewis Used Aliens to Show Humanity’s Failings

[Editor's Note: This essay is Part 1 of a series on C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy,...

February 06, 2016

Use and Shame in “Love Yourself”: How Justin Bieber Teaches Theology of the Body

[Editor's Note: Some will say it is a stretch to extend a Theology of the...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Baptizing the Modern World

[Editor's Note: While not explicitly Theology of the Body-focused, this essay on our response to...

January 22, 2016

Divine “Mediation” in New York City

Before I knew it, two big kisses embraced both of my cold cheeks. I had...

December 2015

December 08, 2015

“The Meaning of Life” and Responsible Parenthood

Everyone knows Monty Python. The British comedy troupe’s show, movies, and comedic style have thoroughly...

November 2015

November 27, 2015

Pick Up Your Feet: Understanding Our Bodies as Gift

This past Saturday I was lucky enough to have Nick Davidson speak at an event...

November 12, 2015

Vocation in the Service of Beauty

Image courtesy of Pixabay This morning I came across Saint Pope John Paul II’s “Letter...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

On the Humane Treatment of Zombies

Hello everyone! I would first like to introduce myself as the new editor for Love...

October 22, 2015

Happy Feast of JPII and New Editor for LAR

Happy feast of St. John Paul II, everyone! I thought today would be a good...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

“Inside Out” and the Ache

Here's an excerpt from a post over at The Cor Project written by Christopher West's eldest son, John...

July 24, 2015

Self Gift in the m.A.A.d City: The TOB Meets the Christian Drama in Kendrick Lamar

[Editor's Note: If you appreciated Jennifer Fulwiler's affection for Tupac Shakur as expressed in her...

July 09, 2015

Marriage is Funny: Comedy and Complementarity in “The Last Man on Earth”

Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte has recently created a new television comedy for FOX called...

July 02, 2015

Not Your Average Love Songs: “Heaven’s Knife” & “Like the Dawn”

Preparing for a concert in my usual fashion, I’ve been immersing myself in Josh Garrels’...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

Divine Reality in “Final Fantasy”

The first video game I purchased for Nintendo was Final Fantasy I in 1989. I...

June 15, 2015

What Wallace Fought For: Thoughts on “Braveheart” for Father’s Day

[Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Father Robert Barron’s Word on Fire blog on May 22 in...

June 05, 2015

What Kills You Makes You Stronger: The Dark Night within “The End of the Affair”

Graham Greene’s novel The End of the Affair chronicles the passionate love affair between the...

June 05, 2015

Called to “Such Great Heights”

The beginning of “Such Great Heights” by The Postal Service sounds like bubbles popping. The...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Love, Pain, and Polar Bears: Conjugal Union in “Mess Is Mine”

One night my husband and I were performing the post-dinner dish cleansing ritual observed world-over...

May 12, 2015

Perpetual Solitude in “Frankenstein”

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein offers a warning to its readers by presenting a perversion of the...

May 03, 2015

Fr. Barron’s New Book Plumbs Pop Culture in Search of the Divine

Over at Aleteia, there's a nice article about something that is very close to the heart of Love Among...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Dylan’s Love Sick Heart

What happened to the love song? Though seemingly every song on the radio these days...

April 28, 2015

A “Fountains of Carrots” Podcast: “Mad Men” and the Meaning of Love with Yours Truly

[Editor's Note: Recently I was interviewed for a podcast over at Fountains of Carrots, the combined effort of the...

April 22, 2015

Marriage + Change = …Divorce? A Look at “The Vow”

The Vow (2012) follows Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams), a newlywed couple who...

April 18, 2015

Good News About Sex & Marriage Found in “Kristin Lavransdatter”

[Editor's Note: A friend of mine sent me this post about my new favorite novel, Kristin...