Culture

Surviving Suffering in a World of Pain 0
- Culture
- August 23, 2021
Becoming Elisabeth Elliot, by Ellen Vaughn (B&H Books; 320 pp., $24.99). This is the official biography of the wife of famed missionary martyr Jim Elliot, who was killed along with four other missionaries while attempting to bring the Gospel to a group of savage natives in the South American jungle during the mid-1950s. Elliot was launched
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When Men Say ‘Yes’ to the Dress 0
- Culture
- August 17, 2021
Judging by the ads that show up on my computer, I am a prime target for women’s clothing stores. Advertisers clearly know they can catch my eye with feminine dresses and skirts.But such feminine dresses quickly become unappealing when worn by those recently featured in a New York Times article entitled “The Boys in Their
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Homeschooling Just Crossed the Tipping Point 3
- Culture, Education, Family
- August 13, 2021
In the months before COVID hit, a number of my friends began a new phase of motherhood by starting careers as homeschool teachers. They expressed normal trepidation, concerned they would fail, and by extension, their children would. Then the pandemic hit, homeschooling became the new way of life, and my friends were suddenly homeschool veterans,
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Europe, A Nation of Old Men Up for Grabs 1
- Culture
- August 10, 2021
I have just completed a three-week tour of Europe starting from a home base in Switzerland to southern Germany, thence to the south of France, and finally to northern Italy. Each of these places is unique. Each is delightful in its own way, rich in culture and history, a pleasure to be in. The food
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Notes From the American Asylum 0
- Culture
- August 6, 2021
Many people seem to be wondering what will become of the human soul in another world. I am wondering what has become of the human mind in this world. G.K. Chesterton wrote those words almost a century ago in his essay, “The Rout of Reason.” I find myself wondering the same thing on this August
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Wrestling With Justice in the Midst of Sorrow and Loss 0
- Culture
- August 5, 2021
One year ago, I lost a friend, a good man who was driven to his untimely death by the wicked words and deeds of people determined to ruin his life if they could. People who loathed him—without knowing him in any meaningful human way—simply because he disagreed with their beliefs about political, cultural, and philosophical matters. It
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