One of the Church’s missionary saints: Ninian
Ninian, a Briton of the 4th or 5th century who studied in Rome, is a prime example of missionary fervor, Catholic identity, and internationalism among the early British and English churches.
The demise of American civil religion
Something will be lost no matter who wins November’s American presidential election — something more central to American identity than the dissipating mirage of political unity.
Behold the Cross
The key to understanding the Cross is to shut up, and look, in a mode of humble, agenda-free reception.
Young traditionalists in a progressive church: Searching and remaining for salvation
Somewhere in this mess about human sexuality, we might actually be saved, narrowly or comprehensively.
Fraternal language and the body of Christ
Calling someone “brother” or "sister" in the Church shapes how we perceive each other.
Eaten by the Lion: Divine desire in Narnia
In The Horse and His Boy, it is Aslan’s beauty that elicits Hwin’s remarkable response: “You may eat me if you like.”
Religion on vacation: Rocamadour, Aigues-Morte, and Nîmes
Cultural travelogues usually try to pick up a whiff of some hidden rustling in the midst of fragments. Here I see only subdued disjunctions; I smell only the dust from ground trampled by the world, as it barrels along under a sky of forgetfulness.
Religion on vacation: Toulouse and Albi
The bulls that killed St. Sernin seem to have won out, at least in publicity.