‘Building the Benedict Option’: How skillet cookies can lead to community
“The question,” says LeahLibresco, “is how do you leave room for your friends to meet their needs, to leave room for the Holy Spirit, and […]
“The question,” says LeahLibresco, “is how do you leave room for your friends to meet their needs, to leave room for the Holy Spirit, and […]
During his recent talk in Dallas at a dinner for the Benedictine monks of Norcia, Italy, Rod Dreher, author of the much-debated book The Benedict Option, said, I believe with all my heart that the […]
If, by now, you haven’t heard of Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, then you likely are living the Benedict Option-hermit phase. To say that the book has […]
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of reviews and essays—positive, critical, and mixed—of Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option (Sentinel, 2017). Read the first essay here. With the publication of La Primauté du spirituel, […]
Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation has certainly emerged as the most talked-about religious book of 2017. Within weeks of its publication, dozens of editorials, reviews, op-eds, and panel discussions […]
Denver, Colo., Feb 26, 2017 / 03:46 pm (CNA).- When Josh and Laura Martin, both converts to the faith, moved their growing family of six from the city of Dallas, Texas to the hills of Oklahoma, they didn’t necessarily know that they were particip… […]
O world invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, . . . —Francis Thompson, “The Kingdom of God” This review presents an unusual challenge. As a regular reader of the author’s excellent […]
Editor’s note: The following post is an excerpt from the commencement address given by Dale Ahlquist at Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts, on Saturday, May 20, 2017. It is reposted today to mark […]
I have always had a particular fondness for the Saints of the Counter Reformation, perhaps because they were such exemplars of apostolic zeal in a time of great social upheaval. They were men and women […]
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 16:31 pm (CNA).
A United Nations resolution defining abortion as a human right and advancing gender ideology was … […]
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