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Paul J. PastorPoetryJournalFall 2025

A Burning Spear: Poetry and the Rebellion of Small, Good Things

In rebelling against our unpoetic age we are building a defense for the human soul.

Kyle WilliamsBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Tall Tales of Abundance

Their ability to describe material problems is immense, yet Klein and Thompson routinely struggle to arrive at deeper political wisdom.

Justin HawkinsBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Joys That Only Saints Can Know

Leppin's biography of St Francis admirably complicates the life of the great saint, but sometimes in ways that still look a lot like debunking.

Leah Libresco SargeantFeaturedEconomics and BusinesshealthJournalJournal 3

How to Value Caring Work - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Immediately before Jesus institutes the sacrament of the Eucharist at the Last Supper, he kneels before his disciples to wash their feet. Peter objects to being served by his Lord, finding it improper, but Jesus tells him that, “Unless I […]

Tessa CarmanFeaturedCultureCreation CareJournalJournal 3

Following Christ in the Machine Age: A Conversation with Paul Kingsnorth - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

How do we stay human in a technocratic age? How do we live rooted lives —spiritually and otherwise — in an unsettled time? How do we make sense of life in the modern world? English writer Paul Kingsnorth has been […]

Tara ThiekeFeaturedJournalJournal 2

When the Ad Replaced the Icon - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Ellen Wayland-Smith. The Angel in the Marketplace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. 288pp, $30. Throughout the 2010s the signs of a new holy month became undeniable. Each June seemed to mark an exponential increase in rainbow flags. Early summer […]

Vika PecherskyFeaturedJournalJournal 2

Imperial Migrations - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The question I dislike the most is, “Where are you from?” My Eastern-European accent usually gives away the fact that I am not, should I say, local. Now that I live on the East Coast, I am often tempted to […]

Susannah Black RobertsFeaturedFormationJournalJournal 2

When Belief is Agony - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I love being a Christian. I mean, I love Jesus too. But I also love all the rest of it: Brunch after church with friends, hylomorphism, late-night Eucharist on Christmas Eve, and carols and stollen and roast beef and friends’ […]

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedEthicsEconomics and BusinessJournalJournal 3

A Theology of Money - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Among the many sayings of Jesus that have echoed down through the ages, few have continued to sound so loudly or uncomfortably in our ears as his warning, “You cannot serve both God and Mammon.” But this does not keep […]

Tessa CarmanFamilyCultureFormationJournalSpring 2025

Why I Don't Like the Term "Homeschool"

All of life is education, regardless of what sort of formal schooling your children participate in.

Joel KurzPoetryJournalSpring 2025

Siloam

A poetic meditation on hurt and healing

Jake MeadorCultureJournalSpring 2025

Concerning Fr. Edmund Campion

The tragic story of the martyrdom of Fr Edmund Campion is a good place to begin in thinking about religious liberty.