5 Big Things To Know And Celebrate About G.K. Chesterton
Today, 86 years after his death, we’re reminded that joviality and wisdom can do more to woo a culture than any austere dogma ever could.
Promoting ‘Captain Underpants’ To Reluctant Readers Doesn’t Help Them
Kids don’t need potty humor and malicious pranks to start reading books. They just need a good, interesting story.
Harvard Professor Accidentally Illustrates How His Kind Has Destroyed The Humanities
Harvard’s James Simpson and likeminded scholars have selectively wielded their theoretical chainsaws to disfigure the humanities into hideous totems of ideology and politics.
Yes, Men And Women Can Be ‘Just Friends,’ Despite Our Hypersexed Culture
Marriage has not been weakened by the increase of the friend zone. To the contrary, our narrowing and sexualization of friendship has hurt marriage.
I Hate The Internet, And You Should, Too
Join me, friends! We should all take our own little part in the Great Internet Revolt of 2017.
Eating Brains Shows Reza Aslan Doesn’t Have Any, Or A Chest
When a scholar and author is caught on camera eating human brains with a Hindu cult, it’s not just a shock to convention. It’s an insult to conscience.
Inside The Quiet, Prophetic Politics Of C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis’ theological impact is widely noted, but a new book by Justin Buckley Dyer and Micah J. Watson, ‘C. S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law,’ persuasively argues his work is also of great political significance.
Here Are The Media Hottakes We’d See If The Chronicles Of Narnia Were Released This Year
Here’s how our politically obsessed and ideologically sequestered press would report on C.S. Lewis’s classic children’s fantasy series.
How This New Year Can Be An Opportunity For A New Life
Something about the arrival of a new year can put a crack in your wall of fear. As trite as it may sound, it really can provide a fresh start to begin anew.
Hygge Helps Explain Millennials’ Longing For Reenchantment
Americans’ desire for the Scandinavian concept of ‘coziness’ indicates a spiritual longing, one that speaks to the shortcomings of our demystified culture.
‘Westworld’ Is Actually A Thoughtful Meditation On Suffering And Consciousness
Critics of HBO’s ‘Westworld’ say all the plot twists hide shoddy storytelling. But the show is telling a profound story about suffering and consciousness.
Why Punishing Criminals Can Be More Merciful Than ‘Rehabilitation’
Our efforts to diagnose and ‘rehabilitate’ prisoners do not bring about greater justice and reform. In practice, they achieve the opposite.
It’s The Truth That Keeps You Going, Even When Motherhood Hurts
Why sacrifice comfort, success, and pleasure to raise children? Society says we should follow our feelings; C.S. Lewis says we should pursue virtue.
‘Stranger Things’ Is A Triumph Of Imagination
Netflix’s new hit series ‘Stranger Things’ creates a dark and dangerous world but imbues it with wonder. No wonder the heroes are children.
What Madeleine L’Engle Taught Me About Life And Fantasy
I wanted to build my life upon Madeline L’Engle’s model. She ultimately failed me, but not completely; and I love her still.
Some Ways To Cope With Grief During The Holidays
Last Christmas, many times I asked when the pain would end, sometimes through desperate, angry tears. Here are some things that helped me and may help you.
How To Find Answers For The WDBJ Shooting In Virginia
In the midst of our sorrow over the tragic, senseless shooting in Virginia, don’t think that God doesn’t care.
The Inklings Were Not Closet Pagans
The Inklings, a group of writers that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, thought pagan myths grasped at greater truths fully revealed in Christ.
Stop Equality-Mongering Before It Destroys Us
Although the word is shouted far and wide, we seldom consider what we actually mean by equality. And what we usually mean is wrong.
Yes, Privilege Exists, But Government Can’t Fix It
If you take privilege theory seriously, you will find both its assumptions and conclusions wildly out of touch with reality.
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