Walker Percy: Deep-South Aristocrat
It is clear from Percy’s novels and other published work that he could only have been from the Deep South.
Walker Percy and the Search for Meaning
Humanity’s search for understanding, meaning, and purpose haunted Percy and is a major theme of his oeuvre.
Finding Hope in a World of Optimism
Our culture tends toward optimism, but is it a Christian virtue?
Reflections on the Beginning of a New Era
My church has entered a period of decline, even stripping, in which its social position is eroding, its institutions are collapsing, and its common life lies in tatters.
Fear at the Resurrection
It’s a little uncomfortable, perhaps even embarrassing, that the disciples were afraid on Easter Day.
Taoism, Dualism, or Christian Hope? Rey’s Baptism in The Last Jedi
The Taoist influence in Star Wars is undeniable, but Rey’s journey and this film as a whole look a lot more like Christian baptism.
The Last Jedi and the Christian story
Something new is appearing in the culture: a dissatisfaction with a banal materialism and a nostalgia for a story that gives hope, one that tells of a sacred tree.
The hope of glory
In Romans 8, St. Paul develops the contrast between present sufferings and future glory.