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Universally Accessible and Innately Personal: The Significance of Relationship in St. Benedict’s Humility

By Elizabeth Elin In a world fraught with desperation and insecurity, humility appears to be an antiquated virtue, frequently discarded due to its destructive effect on self-esteem. Today, it seems that humi... Read More...

TLC’s Podcast Interviews Former ABC Rowan Williams

In a special edition of The Living Church Podcast, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams discusses his latest book, The Way of St. Benedict. He describes how he drew on decades of fascination with Bene... Read More...

After COVID-19: A Brave New World? A Bishop in Confinement Wonders About the Future

By Pierre Whalon President Emmanuel Macron of France, in a speech on March 12, 2020, described what he thinks needs to happen after the epidemic is over : We will have to learn the lessons of the moment we are going through, to question the development mo... Read More...

St. Basil’s Wisdom on Community

St. Basil shows us why life in community is of greater advantage than life in solitary retirement.

Formed by God through Scripture in the Daily Office

Out of the dust of the ground and by his own “inbreathing,” God also forms us, who say the Daily Office.

On obedience: We need an abbot

Obedience is a choice to take responsibility for our life. An abbot keeps us accountable.

In the footsteps of the historical Benedict

Monasticism was born, not out of the moral or governmental failures of a late Roman state, but (ironically) out of Christian political success.

Is the argument lost? Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option

I have eagerly awaited Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option. Is Dreher right, or is he just telling people like me what we want to hear instead of what we need to hear?

The hope and joy of peace

Concerning the “Virtuous Pagan”

Every Idol Demands Human Sacrifice

What Makes Us Beautiful

A guide to the Covenant

Signs, Things, and the Mediation of the Ineffable:

Concerning the “Virtuous Pagan”

Every Idol Demands Human Sacrifice

What Makes Us Beautiful

Martha and Mary

A Geography of Two Cities: Augustine’s Hippo Regius

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

Problems with Forgiveness

The Changes and Chances of This Life

Worship on Behalf of All: Pastoral Wisdom from Martin Thornton

Will Liturgy Be Enough? Part 2

“Open Table,” Excommunication, and the Mission of the Church

Abiding in Jesus

Ascension song

What Makes Us Beautiful

Longing for a Re-enchanted World:

Prolixity and Precision: Reading David Bentley Hart Fast and Slow

In Praise of Alberta: Introducing Corb Lund

Nourishing Memories, Chapter 5: Theology and Christianity at Oxford

Signs of Sanity in the Culture: Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Universally Accessible and Innately Personal: The Significance of Relationship in St. Benedict’s Humility

TLC’s Podcast Interviews Former ABC Rowan Williams

After COVID-19: A Brave New World? A Bishop in Confinement Wonders About the Future

St. Basil’s Wisdom on Community

Formed by God through Scripture in the Daily Office

On obedience: We need an abbot

In the footsteps of the historical Benedict

Is the argument lost? Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option

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