For All Souls Day
By Christopher Yoder
Since at least the 11th century, western Christians have prayed for the dead on this day, All Souls Day. Others have written here about the history of All Souls Day, its abeyance in clas... Read More...
Simone Weil and the Mission to Modernity
Simone Weil is a figure who is hard to categorize, a Christian mystic who resisted being baptized, a political philosopher who wrote only one complete book, which bases a theory of political organization on the needs of the human soul.
Intimate Satisfaction
I found the fulfillment of my desire for intimacy in its very denial.
God, Sex, and the Restless Hearts of Fleabag
Fleabag paints a nuanced portrait of the soul’s condition in the secular age.
Love, but Not Like That
If we want to understand what Christian love is, we must begin not by talking about ourselves but by talking about the God who loves and whose love looks like Jesus Christ and him crucified for the remission of our sins.
Keep Christianity Weird
Love Makes No Sense is in many ways a panegyric to the oddity of Christian faith and practice.
A Grateful End
My time as blog editor seems to have run its course.
God Doesn’t Need Your Love
We need God. We long for God. And no, God does not feel the same way about us.