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That Lasting Spiritual Punch of a Pilgrimage Vacation
George Orwellʼs “1984” and the Catholic Sensibility
Marriage: A Foretaste of Heaven? Or a Foretaste of Hell?
“The Lost Daughter” and the Self-Gift of Motherhood
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Radical Declaration: “I Have Decided To Love”
“The Hand of God”: A Soulful, Challenging Coming-of-Age Story
Beyond COVID and the Metaverse: “On The Internet” is a Must-Read
More Kids: The Immeasurable Value of our Wearying Children
“Don’t Look Up”: Ripe Satire with Christian Notes
Pity & Piety: On Seeing Mary Anew
The Surprisingly Christlike Call of Spider-Man: No Way Home
Herod and the Magi: The Death of Innocence
Back to the Movies: 4 New Films Tap Enchantment and Reality
Trading Noise for Silence, and How To Use It
Think Better: An Interview with Ulrich Lehner
“The Great British Bake Off” Reminds Us What Matters to Real People
Slow Down; Stay With Christmas. It’s Allowed
“About a Boy” Dares to Tell of the Lonely at Christmas
Have Yourself a Jarring Little Christmas
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”: Unsanitized for Our Spiritual Good
“Die Hard”: Yes, It’s a Christmas Movie
Here Comes Everybody: The Crowded Road to Jerusalem
New Age Wonders: Catholic Supernaturalism and Strange Mystery
How Do We Find Jesus Amid Our Ever-Ready Idols?
Gold, Gore, and the Catholic Novelist: A Chat with Denise Mallett
“Christmas Vacation”: Nostalgia, Fun, and Dark Anxiety
We Are an Advent People
“Get Back”: A Narrative Rehab Shows Beauty Amid Brokenness
When Jesus Called My Sons, I Wanted to Know What For
Advent Is Not Christmas, but Christ’s Arrival Is at Its Center
The Steadying Hand of Experience
Jackie Kennedy’s Veil and the Weight of Apocalypse
What the Catholic Church Is Not, in Four Words
Harrison Lemke and the Humanity of Art
From Gundam to God: Tyler McNabb and Reformed Epistemology
Humanity Going Meta to Become All About Itself
The Proper Telling of History
Chappelle’s “The Closer”: Observant or Derisive?
The 5-Word Philosophy That Still Speaks to Me
Why Pray for the Dead or Care About Purgatory?
“Memento Mori” Calls Us to Live in Death
Halloween, All Saints’, All Souls’: The “Autumn Triduum” of Waiting
“Dune” Offers Audiences Visual and Thematic Richness
The Abuse Uncovered Should Cause Trembling in the Church
The God of the “Little Ones”
When Hating God and the World Seems Reasonable
