Religion

Embracing Heroes of the Past, Warts and All 0
- Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Western Civilization
- March 10, 2026
Saints are heroes, but heroes are rarely saints. When nuance was still a word in the American vocabulary, we understood that a hero came with warts. Take Robert E. Lee, for instance. Dwight Eisenhower pronounced Lee “one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation” and kept his portrait in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt described Lee as
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Practicing Temperance to Keep Us Sane in a World of Crazy Opinions 0
- Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- March 9, 2026
The right is living in a pivotal time. “Republican” has become an empty word for millennials and Gen Z, and the majority voting bloc looks not to Fox News but to the internet for their daily dose of opinions. The nature of news itself seems drastically different today than it was several decades ago. Politics
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Why Does it Matter That God Exists?0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- March 2, 2026
Despite the fact that God’s existence is hotly debated, the existence or non-existence of God has little effect on most of our lives. But if one really understands what is meant by “God,” then the existence of that God would make all the difference. What is Existence … FOR US? We think about our own existence in
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Want to Be Happy? Sacrifice Your Pleasures and Conveniences This Lent.0
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- February 26, 2026
While I was in college, I got into a habit that first made me laugh, then gave me pause. When I went to wash my hands, I would simply stick my hands in the sink and, for a split second, wonder why the water didn’t turn on. It was because I hadn’t turned the handle
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Reflections on Punctuation … And Death 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion
- February 25, 2026
Death and punctuation share a common function. Both are endings, one marking a completed sentence, the other a completed life. Make metaphors of some punctuation marks, and they can represent certain philosophies regarding the afterlife. A period, for example, might indicate the demise of an atheist, that is, life is over and done with. The
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What Friendship Teaches Us About Dating and Marriage 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink, Philosophy, Religion
- February 24, 2026
A true friendship between spouses is one of the deepest and most beautiful relationships in human life. We don’t always speak of the relationship between married or dating individuals as a friendship, but it can be considered a type of friendship. Thus, any insight into the nature of friendship can shed light on the nature
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