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Yesterday I discussed how the Enlightenment is truly foundational to U.S. society, for good and for ill. I praised the power of continual self-criticism, which
In my book on The Hidden Spirituality of Men, the chapter on “Earth Father: The Fatherly Heart” presents fatherhood as one of the most foundational of
In my recent DMs, I have been praising the power of human creativity—to make the world a better place. The power of the Via Creativa
In Saturday’s DM, we meditated on the role of the artist in naming our deepest concerns. We invoked the poetry of W. H. Auden writing
This weekend feels sort of packed with issues of healthy/unhealthy fathering and masculinity. On Friday I was part of a 1-day conference on “Healthy Masculinity.”
Working on the seven capital sins and the seven chakras has brought to my attention once again that spirituality is intensely personal and political at
Aquinas looks to the entire universe for its habits that humans can emulate. He teaches that all of nature follows a love of the whole, the
[FROM THE ARCHIVE: 8/4/2020] Instead of putting the 10 Commandments in every classroom–a silly and unconstitutional and unimaginative idea—we are proposing that we reflect on
We ended yesterday’s DM citing congressman Ro Khanna about the sit-ins on campuses around America and the world protesting war. Other adults—as opposed to politicians making
Saint Thomas Aquinas, prophetic theologian who dared to step beyond the dualisms of Plato and the Neo-platonists and who dedicated his life to bringing science
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