Religion

Finding Heaven in Hard Things 1
- Culture, Education, Featured, Health, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- November 5, 2025
“Is this heaven?” Shoeless Joe Jackson asks Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams. I’ve always loved that line. Growing up on an Iowa farm, we had our own ball field behind our house. My dad built a backstop for my brothers and me long before Kevin Costner ever heard “The Voice.” On summer evenings, Dad would
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Yes, What You Wear to Church Does Matter 0
- Family, Culture, Featured, MomThink, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 29, 2025
“Does your mom let you wear jeans to church?” So spoke a family friend who was babysitting me and my siblings many years ago when our parents were away for the weekend. I had come downstairs that Sunday morning wearing jeans, a sweater, and a scarf. “Yes,” I said without hesitation. I thought her question
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The Canary in the Coal Mine of Culture 3
- Culture, Featured, History, International, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 28, 2025
This past month has made me aware that the anti-Zionism and the anti-Semitic bigotry that have infected our news media and college campuses have trickled down into my own community. In one conversation, for instance, a good friend and fellow Catholic almost 50 years younger than I, stunned me with revelations about some of her
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Living Under the Tyranny of the Casual 3
- Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 22, 2025
Look at any old photograph of people from a hundred years ago and one of the most striking things about it is how well dressed everyone was. Even men out laboring in the fields or fishing in rivers, their sleeves rolled up and foreheads slick with sweat, often wore button ups, sometimes even with a
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Against Our Collective Autumnal Death Cult 50
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, History, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- October 9, 2025
During the month of October, Americans celebrate the arrival of cooler weather with a variety of outdoor and indoor decor. Pumpkins and mums are arranged on front porches. “Harvest” signs ironically adorn front doors in suburban neighborhoods. Cinnamon and apple scents and flavors dominate home decor stores. It’s all so wholesome, albeit a little cheesy.
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Are We Dressing to the Lowest Common Denominator?37
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- October 8, 2025
A while back, a married couple asked for the time of the morning service at my church, promising to show up the following Sunday. They did, and enjoyed the service, but an observation by the wife surprised me. “Everyone’s dressed up,” was the essence of her comment. Even the ladies, she noticed, were wearing skirts
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