Culture

The Value of Human Life in the Face of Suffering 14
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- September 24, 2025
Kyrie, eleison, I sang with my choir as I glanced down at my phone to see the news that Charlie Kirk had died from the gunshot to his neck. Lord, have mercy. Within seconds, I heard his name whispered from across the room as the news reached my choirmates. The internet flooded with reactions to
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Resuscitating Civility in the Wake of Charlie Kirk’s Death 22
- Culture, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- September 23, 2025
In “The Soul of Civility,” Alexandra Hudson makes a sharp distinction between civility and politeness. Politeness and manners are the form, the technique, of an act, but civility is more. … Instead of focusing on the form alone, civility gets to the motivation of an act. Civility is a disposition that recognizes and respects the common humanity, the fundamental personhood, and
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4 Lessons Americans Must Learn From Italian Culture 18
- Culture, Family, Featured, International, Uncategorized
- September 22, 2025
Beauty and history flooded over me like the sunlight as I strolled through the slim, winding streets of a Tuscan town. I was submerged in an environment rich with sensory delight – from the medieval and Renaissance architecture rising on all sides, to the lilting sound of a street musician’s accordion, to the smell of
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Modern Plagues at Our Door 14
- Culture, Entertainment, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- September 22, 2025
From my favorite chair, I heard my 11-year-old son Eric playing indoor baseball with his friend in our basement. The sound of their rising voices drifted upstairs as they argued over a rule in their made-up game. Finally, Eric called a stalemate: “Let’s ask my dad — he’ll know.” I heard his footsteps start up
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In ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,’ the curtain falls on tradition 47
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized
- September 19, 2025
‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ is not what I expected. Being only slightly familiar with the franchise, I assumed the close to the 15-year-old Downton Abbey storyline would be hard to follow. I planned, much to her despair, to ask my wife (by necessity, I’d claim) the names of each character, information on their motivations,
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We Need a Post-Kirk Christian Revival and We Need It to Stick 35
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
- September 17, 2025
American pews were full the Sunday after the brutal open-air assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The reminder of the fragile briefness of life and the stark display of evil in the murderous act understandably coaxed many backslidden church-goers back to worship. The naysayers believe this won’t stick. It’s up to American pastors to prove
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