Dreading Pentecost
By Charlie Clauss
I found it odd the first time such a letter made its way to my hands, but to have it occur a second time is strange indeed.
Dear Slimeside,
I want to warn you about this time of year.... Read More...
Niggle’s Parish: Concerning Trees in Purgatory
By Hannah Matis
Between 1938 and 1939, in the mounting tensions before the outbreak of war, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a cameo-like fable that he called, gloriously and sardonically, “Leaf by Niggle.” It is that m... Read More...
Signs of Sanity in the Culture: Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
By Leander Harding
There are signs of hope in the culture and one of the them is the courageous cultural critique that is carried by the immensely entertaining and successful movies based on the characters of Marvel Comics. Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of ... Read More...
Diabolical Easter: A Letter
By Charlie Clauss
From time to time the strangest things happen. This letter falling into my hands is not the strangest to have happened in my life, but it’s certainly up there.
Dear Slimeside,
Thank f... Read More...
On Forming Human Children, Part 1
By Jon Jordan
If you encounter human children on a regular basis, you are doing the work of formation. A mark is left on them by your action or inaction, by your words or your silence. By what you choose to en... Read More...
C.S. Lewis: A Personal Appreciation
By John Bauerschmidt
I can see it in the mind’s eye: my teenaged self, in a suburban strip mall bookstore, taking down a paperback volume from the rack and beginning to read. I am a cradle Episcopalian, a hereditary Anglican, but neither catechized nor a ch... Read More...
Keeping the Catholic Faith
By Bryan Owen
Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.... Read More...
Why Lewis?
This pipe-smoking, heavy-drinking, brash Oxford don still has a global appeal. A new book considers why.