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Remember the Sabbath

The habits invited by the Christian faith are not meant to be mainly burdensome - so why do we often view the Sabbath as a burden and a restriction?

Feb 1, 2024
Christ the Redeemer

A Culture of Life

For too long, believers have been cowed into silence by the insinuation that religion is a ‘private’ matter. Nonsense.

Jan 25, 2024
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Truth, Power, and Justice

Martin Luther King's legacy is tied up in his conviction on the importance of natural law - a conviction that is often overlooked by activists in the present day.

Jan 18, 2024
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SEEK and Taking Stock

The convergence of 24,000 young people in St. Louis, Missouri, for FOCUS's SEEK Conference says a lot about the future of the Church.

Jan 11, 2024
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Relocating Misplaced Hopes

One resolution we may make this new year is to relocate any of our misplaced hopes amidst a politically charged world, steadying ourselves with each new day in the epic reality our faith gives us.

Jan 4, 2024
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The Brutality of the Feast of the Holy Innocents

The Feast of the Holy Innocents seems to be a brutal intrusion on the festivity and cheer of the Christmas season. How can we allow it to inform our faith?

Dec 28, 2023
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Blessings, Same-sex Couples, and the Vatican

Church documents are to be read through the lens of the tradition of the Church.

Dec 21, 2023

Free Speech and Moral Integrity

Elite American higher ed has again found itself immersed in political back-and-forth over what constitutes “free speech” on their campuses.

Dec 14, 2023
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The Practical Atheism of New Agnosticism

We are experts at persuading ourselves that what we do not want to be true is false, or at least uncertain.

Dec 7, 2023
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Christians and Robotic Life

How are Christians to approach questions of artificial intelligence - with disdain and dread, excitement and joy, or something else entirely?

Nov 30, 2023