When I was eight years old, I had an experience that I have never forgotten. I was lying in bed with the radio on – this was the 1970s – when I heard Springsteen’s anthem from that era, “Born to Run,” for the first time. He was singing about this place he wanted to get to, […]
Embodied: Seeking the true
Love “rejoices in the truth,” writes St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:6. Though Paul is writing about all kinds of love, there’s a reason this passage is an overwhelming favorite at weddings. A wedding is a moment of truth like no other, calling for a trust like no other. The Bride and Groom are betting their […]
We have the medicine the world craves
Our culture is devastatingly sick. The symptoms are clear: the breakdown of the family, the ridicule of virtue and the widespread embrace of relativism only scratch the surface. We’ve tried for decades to find easy fixes or to comfort ourselves by embracing the symptoms as “progress,” yet these band-aid solutions fail to address the root […]
