While recently visiting my daughter’s house to celebrate the high school graduation of my twin granddaughters, I mentioned Gelett Burgess’ collection of poems for children, “Goops and How to Be Them.” Instantly the two graduates, a couple of their siblings, and my daughter chanted in unison that book’s first poem, “Table Manners.” The Goops they
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The “vibe shift” is real. By “vibe shift,” I mean the shift from American family values to complete cultural degeneracy over the last 30 or so years. At the risk of sounding morose, the recent right-wing victory party over Pride Month is severely misguided. However encouraged we may be at the progress made against corporate
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“But the fountain sprang up and the bird sang down Redeem the time, redeem the dream The token of the word unheard, unspoken” – T. S. Eliot, “Ash Wednesday” In his poem “Ash Wednesday,” T. S. Eliot famously borrows the language of St. Paul in order to image the paradoxes of faith. “For you were once
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For most of the 21st century, a mob of Grinches has controlled American culture and politics. These are the Chicken Littles who have wailed that “climate change” would doom the planet. They are the sorcerers who declare that men can become women and vice-versa, who despite the blood-stained evidence of a hundred years proclaim the
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While rarely discussed today, eutrapelia is an ancient Greek virtue that breeds charity, gratitude, and openness. Focused on the arts of humor, conversation, and recreation, it helps us grow more connected to ourselves, to others, and to God. For the Greeks, virtues were not destinations, but habits of moderation developed through care and perseverance. Over time, the
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Long considered one of the most influential, provocative, and beautiful works of literature in Western civilization, Dante’s “Divine Comedy” deserves even more attention for its profound spiritual and theological depth. This might seem obvious as the primary setting for this epic poem are the three destinations of the Christian afterlife: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. However,
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