“The Lord of the Rings” is not an allegorical story, nor should it be treated as such, but that does not mean that the story cannot be used to contemplate and plumb the depths of humanity and its relation to the divine. That J.R.R. Tolkien had a great dislike for his works being called “allegories” […]
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Image Credit: @WhiteHouse / X The Center Square [By Casey Harper] – President Joe Biden is under fire after the White House made this year’s Easter holiday officially “Transgender Day of Visibility.” It’s unclear whether the White House choosing to mark the most important Christian holiday as a transgender holiday was an intentional decision or […]
Just as Easter joy must animate the rigors of Lent, so too must the spirit of the desert and the Cross ground my celebration of Easter. To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour […]
My wife is out of town, so my Easter Sunday has been a mix of watching podcasts on YouTube (Mike Rowe is great!) and, stupidly, reading Twitter posts. As I wrote about Friday night, President Biden declared Easter Sunday to be a Trans Day of Visibility (apparently this is now an annual holiday to be […]
George Herbert’s “Easter Wings” is a witty, surprising, and smart poem, which teaches a profound theological truth: Created with perfect blessings, it is man’s foolishness and fall that is to blame for his ending up poor and thin. I was college student afflicted with a serious case of Anglophilia when I discovered George Herbert and […]
Tonight’s Gospel reading is Mark 16:1-7: When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint him. Very early when the sun had risen, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb. They were saying to one another, […]
Is this Satanic, or simply childish atheists mocking Christians during the holiest holidays of the year? Probably a bit of both. Having spent more than my share of time around smart, obnoxious atheists who enjoy nothing more than mocking the religious faith of others, I can imagine the late-night bull session with a bunch of […]
Hymns are a major source of our imaginative conception of the Christian faith. A good hymn focuses our mind on a memorable cluster of images that illuminate doctrine, preparing us to celebrate the liturgy or providing a respite during it. While the great hymn writers have often taken scripture as their starting point, they have not […]
The price of putting together an Easter basket has increased this year. Easter treats are up in price, thanks to the cost of cocoa. Cocoa prices have tripled over the past twelve months. The prices have doubled since the beginning of 2024. There is a bean disease in West Africa, where 70% of cocoa comes […]
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