Musing on the Virtuous Life
It was great fun to appear on Pat Oedy-Murray’s “The Virtuous Life” radio program on the Annunciation Radio Network out of the […]
Hope in Action or No Hope At All
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And […]
Suffering Does Not Discriminate
Norman Cousins’ Anatomy of an Illness is a book as relevant today as it was upon publication in 1972. Cousins has a […]
Freedom in living beyond the illusion of control
Grasping at control is nothing new in the human experience. However, in a culture infused with unhelpful ideas and composed of isolated […]
Norman Cousins’ “Anatomy of an Illness” and Taking Laughter Seriously
The Medieval scholastics observed that risibility, the propensity to laugh, is intrinsic to man. In other words, to be human is to […]
The Two Worst Things That Can Happen to a Child
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Gardenis now considered a children’s story, but the work originally appeared as a serial for adult readers. […]
Teaching By Example: Does it Actually Work?
Childrearing is often treated in our culture as a competitive sport. Parents become overinvolved coaches running drills. The relationship between parent and […]
Toward Femininity and Stephanie Gordon’s “Ask Your Husband”
Stephanie Gordon, Catholic wife and mother, self-proclaimed retrograde, has launched her writing career—excuse us, written a book with the express permission of […]
The dawning of Idiocracy: It’s worse than you think
“Welcome to Costco. I love you.” -Costco greeter in Idiocracy The 2005 film Idiocracy is disturbingly prescient in its themes. The […]
The Surprising and Important Lessons from Children’s Adventure Stories
Good children’s stories, new and old, have wide appeal. Adventure stories and tales of epic quests are no exception. Of course, there […]