Millennial editor Robert Christian is filling in for Michael Sean Winters of National Catholic Reporter this week. He has published two articles so far: Three options for the countercultural Catholic and Four themes to help young Catholics retain their beliefs. Follow Millennial on facebook and twitter for more updates.
In the New York Times, Ross Douthat has pointed out the need for pro-life liberalism, which he described as a “once-commonplace, now-mythical persuasion.” While he is right about the need for non-conservative pro-lifers, he is mistaken that pro-life liberalism is mythical. If we use liberalism broadly to encompass all those progressives left of center, there… Read More Pro-life Progressives: Still Not a Myth
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Can savage capitalism be humanized? Taking up the challenge of Pope Francis by Michael Stafford, ABC Religion and Ethics: “If we do not make the moral and ethical case against savage capitalism, no one will. If we do not put forward an alternative vision of an… Read More Around the Web
This Sunday’s responsorial psalm (Go out to all the world and tell the Good News) has me thinking about being sent. Here are three very different examples of sending, and how they might relate to our lives as disciples: 1) Third Base Coach Sending a Runner Home I’ve been paying more attention to baseball over the… Read More Go Out To All the World: The Art of Sending
Pope Francis: “Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.”
Of my many quirks, one of the most distinctive is that I hate to sleep. I really do. Every night when I finally turn off the lights, it’s like a personal failure for me. Five and a half to six hours of sleep a night is pretty standard, and should I find my eyes closed… Read More Why I Hate Sleep
Jeremy Lin, professional basketball player: “The one thing I learned was how empty fame and worldly success really are…If the voice that you listen to the most isn’t God’s voice, then eventually you will experience that emptiness, confusion and misery that I felt when I listened to the voice of Linsanity.”
