Bishop Robert Barron’s word on fire commeNTARY
Talking to some young Jesuits about social justice and evangelization
I told my young Jesuit conversation partners that they ought to follow the prompt of our Jesuit pope and go not just to the economic margins but to the “existential margins”—that is to say, to those who have lost the faith, lost any contact with God, who have not heard the Good News.
Tolkien, Chesterton, and the Adventure of Mission
We Christians don’t stay in hobbit holes; we go on adventure.
The challenge of John Chau
Say what you want about his prudence. I will speak of him with honor.
Tintoretto and the Reform of the Church
Tintoretto sheds considerable light on this issue of Apostolic weakness and strength in the very manner in which he has arranged the figures in his composition
Why accompaniment involves apologetics
In the evangelical context, therefore, true accompaniment goes beyond fellowship. It has to do with offering the bread of life.
The Question Behind the Question
Bishop Barron wonders whether video might be a better means of communication than texts for U.S. bishops.
Michelle Wolf and the throwaway culture
One of the extraordinary but often overlooked qualities of a system of objective morality is that it is a check on the powerful and a protection of the most vulnerable.
The most unexpectedly religious film of the year
I am going to maintain that A Quiet Place is the most unexpectedly religious film of 2018.
The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon
Peterson’s considerable erudition is on clear display throughout his latest book, but so is his very real experience in the trenches as a practicing psychotherapist.
An evening with William Lane Craig
What I found most uplifting about the session was that a Protestant and a Catholic—both committed to their respective traditions—could come together in fellowship, good cheer, and mutual support