June 12, 2014
The modern idea of the individual in isolation encourages us to reject ties such as family, friendship, and love in favor of autonomy. The painful fact is, though, that man, always or for the most part, was not made to reside alone perpetually.
June 3, 2014
One thing that the Isla Vista shooting, and the round of coverage surrounding it, has demonstrated quite clearly is that morality is more than our materiality, especially where chastity is concerned. For while “man looks on the outward appearance … the LORD sees the heart.”
May 23, 2014
How do we make an impact in the mundane and seemingly non-heroic lives many of us live? The answer is the same as what makes the most extraordinary of saints: We love.
May 21, 2014
Perhaps God is the only reason any of us are in the same room. But then, as we are all wayfarers on our way to Him, we probably have a lot more in common than first glance might suggest.
May 13, 2014
Playing allows us to take momentary respite in our daily lives. When done well, it disposes us neither to manipulate nor conquer reality; to accept it in the particularity of an encounter, not in an abstracted totality.
May 9, 2014
Man’s unique endowment is the intentional interplay of exterior interaction and interior reflection. For while the man who cannot sense his exterior is dead, but the man who no can longer reflect internally surrenders what makes him human.
May 2, 2014
Being unintentionally single is hard. It is hard because of its apparent isolation, but it is also hard because unlike marriage or intentionally chosen singleness, unintentional singleness is, well, unintentional.
April 7, 2014
When we make a gift of ourselves to the least of these, we will find ourselves, in the embrace of the greatest One. So, how will you give of yourself today?
