New Articles Every Monday
New Articles Every Monday
Where Are You?
In Genesis, God walks with Adam and Eve “in the cool of the day.” After the Fall, that intimacy is shattered—but God never stops reaching for humanity. From Eden to the Tabernacle, from the Incarnation to the garden of the Resurrection, Scripture tells the story of a God who keeps asking the same question: “Where are you?”
Christian, be Provocative!
Our culture often equates provocation with shock, sexuality, and outrage. But Christianity offers another kind: lives so rooted in truth, sacrifice, charity, and holiness that they challenge the assumptions of the world around them.
The Theology of Remembering: Twenty-Five Years After September 11
Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, remembrance is more than history. Halie N. Chrysler-Barr reflects on the fear of that day, the dignity of those who died, the danger of hatred, and the Christian call to remember with prayer, mercy, and hope.
The Death of Friendship Shall be Televised
What happens when a culture can no longer recognize deep friendship without turning it into romance? From Wednesday and Enid to Frodo and Sam, this essay explores Aristotle’s understanding of friendship and why genuine friendship deserves to be loved for what it is.
A Daughter Remembered Before God: An Augustinian Meditation on Maternal Grief After Miscarriage
In this deeply personal meditation, Halie N. Chrysler-Barr reflects on the grief of miscarriage, the enduring bond between mother and child, and the Christian hope found in entrusting a beloved daughter to the mercy of God.
Hurry Up and Wait
We live in a world that prizes speed, efficiency, and instant gratification. Waiting feels like wasted time. Yet throughout Scripture, God repeatedly asks His people to do exactly that: wait. From Abraham and David to Simeon, Anna, and the Apostles, the greatest works of God are often preceded by seasons of patient trust.
Drawing upon Scripture and the wisdom of St. Francis de Sales, Stephen A. Codekas explores how waiting is not passive resignation but one of God's greatest classrooms. True patience is more than enduring delays; it is learning to possess one's own soul rather than being ruled by circumstances. Whether facing life's major trials or its daily inconveniences, every Christian is invited to discover that God's delays are often His preparation. Waiting upon the Lord is not lost time—it is the path by which He forms saints.
The Love Store
Modern culture speaks endlessly about love, yet often reduces it to little more than desire, pleasure, and personal fulfillment. After passing a provocative billboard advertising "The Love Store" on his way to Mass, Stephen A. Codekas reflects on what that slogan unintentionally reveals about our society's understanding of love. Is love something to be bought, consumed, and discarded, or is it something far greater?
Drawing upon Scripture and Christ's sacrifice on the Cross, this article contrasts the world's transactional view of relationships with the Gospel's call to self-giving, sacrificial love. Through the teachings of Jesus and the witness of the Cross, readers are invited to rediscover love not as a commodity but as a gift—and ultimately as a Person.
Don’t Look Back
Across Scripture and even the myths of the ancient world, one command echoes through history: don't look back. Why does so much hinge on a single glance over the shoulder? From Orpheus and Eurydice to Lot's wife and Christ's words in Luke's Gospel, this reflection explores why the Christian life demands a heart fixed not on yesterday, but on the Kingdom that lies ahead.
I bid You…Stand!
Aragorn's famous charge before the Black Gate reminds us that courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to stand firm. Drawing from Tolkien, St. Paul, and the Gospel, this reflection explores the Christian call to remain faithful in an age of apathy, compromise, and despair.
At Exile’s End
Leaving the seminary was one of the most painful moments of my life. Like ancient Israel I found it hard to sing of God's glory. I was no longer in the Promised Land; an exile now, a stranger in a strange land.
The years that followed often felt like Babylon. Not because God had abandoned me, but because I could no longer see where He was leading me. The vocation I had pursued for so long appeared to be over. Doors closed. Plans unraveled. Questions lingered unanswered.
How can we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?
For a long time, I did not know.
Yet looking back now, I can see that God was doing His work precisely in the place I least wanted to be.