It is time to abandon the liberal charade that society must function as if God does not exist. Instead, the world must again turn to God, to Saint Augustine’s “beauty so ancient and so new,” which will bring peace to today’s restless hearts. All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism, [...]
Scientists studying the effects of great trauma more closely now find that deep suffering can transform individuals and improve their lives. It is time to take a second look at the Cross. Everyone knows about those who have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This condition develops when a person witnesses or experiences a shocking, terrifying, [...]
Patrick Deneen's book “Regime Change” is curiously post-Christian. Indeed, “regime change” conjures up images of forced virtue, authoritarian actions, and rigid programs to address serious problems. But what is needed today is not a regime change but a spiritual conversion, a reorientation, a new vision of the world. What makes Patrick Deneen’s new book, Regime [...]
Counting upon God’s grace, we must recognize and respect the organic nature of man, full of vivacity, spontaneity, and unpredictability. This is the essence of a truly organic—that is, living—society. An element of organic society involves the manner in which remedies are found. In searching for solutions, we must carefully observe the fact that organic [...]
According to David French, when Christians and drag queens agree to coexist peacefully, both are “protecting the First Amendment from the culture war.” God and the devil can peacefully waltz together. But God and Satan are eternal and unequal enemies. One rules over His creation—including heaven, earth, humanity, and the universe. The other—the eternal loser—reigns [...]
Economists can analyze trends in production and consumption, but they cannot plumb the depths of the human soul; they can only observe the consequences of certain human commercial acts and take limited conclusions. Unlike the laws of the natural sciences, economic laws involve free and rational human beings and are consequently free of determinism. Given [...]
There must be places like Mecosta, hidden away from the world, where people can repair to ponder and consider the permanent things that matter. The course of rivers is often marked by rapids, which reflect excitement, dynamism and raw power. While rapids can be exhilarating, there is also a place for river pools and backwaters, [...]
Something extraordinary occasionally breaks our modern isolation, and people come out of their worlds and communicate with others. The particular incident related here involved a normal boarding process with its mad rush to secure seats and overhead bin space. A baby at the back of the plane could not stop crying at the top of [...]
The Class of 2023 can overcome its overwhelming challenges by admiring those eternal and permanent Christian ideals that have always enthralled generations. Those who generously give themselves to what they admire and love find meaning and purpose. Indeed, the overwhelmed class of 2023 can become overwhelming by becoming a shining beacon of faith and hope [...]
Natural law terrifies the left, which assumed it had long ago died. Leftists cannot admit that there might be those who welcome ordered liberty and restraint. They cannot see that nihilism awaits on the other side of a flawed legal positivist system that will lead to every mode of emptiness and despair. The left is [...]
Architecture, even in the case of airports, should uplift and inspire the soul to consider higher and wider panoramas. By their logic and beauty, buildings should speak to us of God, the source of all beauty. I lament that so many new buildings seem designed to limit horizons to the purely material, functional, and superficial. [...]
In André Zirnheld's touching plea, we sense the fiery charity of one that does not want to displease or even inconvenience God. We learn to be satisfied with what others do not want, with what is left over. In times like ours, everyone is so self-centered that few think of giving themselves to a higher [...]
Secession solves none of America's problems. It will only accelerate the processes of moral decadence and national destruction. Only the arduous fight for a return to God and a moral order will provide the way out of the present crisis for all Americans. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling for a “national divorce” between red [...]
Not all food is fast food, but the acceleration of takeout does not bode well for a society in need of occasions to slow down, reflect, and communicate. Just when it seemed things were returning to normal, some habits changed for the worse. The instability of COVID times took countless people out of contact with [...]