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  • A Cure for Our Narcissistic Culture

    A Cure for Our Narcissistic Culture13

    America is in the thrall of a new addiction. The old standbys, alcohol and drugs, continue to destroy individuals, families, and friendships. The COVID lockdowns made things even worse, with men and women turning to booze and pills for solace against loneliness and lost jobs. Meanwhile, the flood of fentanyl across our southern border is

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  • Finding Hope in These Trying Times

    Finding Hope in These Trying Times10

    It was Election Day, and I was working in the DL Campus Coffee Shop, a church-affiliated establishment on Front Royal’s Main Street. A confession: I don’t write in this café because of its Jesus posters and religious music but because it’s quiet, the staff is pleasant, and patrons generally avoid bellowing into their phones as

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  • What’s Missing From the Abortion Conversation

    What’s Missing From the Abortion Conversation11

    The woman on the phone was crying. She had told friends about her miscarriage, and they had rushed to offer support. Unfortunately, that only made her feel more isolated, she said, because her friends said things like “I’m so sorry this happened to you” – phrases that each time reminded her that she had lied.

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  • Reviving the Church: How to Get Young People in the Pews

    Reviving the Church: How to Get Young People in the Pews15

    Only 54 percent of Christians aged 18–35 attend church once a month or more. Meanwhile, Christianity is rapidly declining in the American population, especially in the younger generations. The secularization of society is evident wherever we turn, and it will only worsen as young people continue to turn away from Christianity. To survive, the church

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  • Why Fairy Tales Aren’t Just for Kids

    Why Fairy Tales Aren’t Just for Kids9

    “Children must hear nothing but the vital truth, so far as we can give it [to] them,” G.K. Chesterton wrote over a century ago. “I say the vital truth: it is found mostly in fairy-tales…” Recently, I watched two movies back-to-back: Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella (2015) and Jon Turteltaub’s romantic comedy While You Were Sleeping (1995).

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  • Leaving a Legacy Through Simplicity

    Leaving a Legacy Through Simplicity15

    A few weeks ago, I came across a story in The Washington Post about a young woman, Rosie Grant, who scours graveyards across the country looking for recipes to make. Recipes in a graveyard? Yes, it does sound weird, but Grant was intrigued upon hearing the concept. The first gravestone recipe she came across was featured on Naomi

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