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I recently listened to a seven-year-old lecture by Rowan Williams at Keele University (North Stafforshire, U.K.) in which he described elements of democracy that cannot be surrendered without losing democracy altogether. Among other things, he argued that the executive in Washington, D.C., was doing its best to dismantle the integrity of other governmental institutions so… Read more

We have entered the season of Easter, following our celebratory remembrance of Christ’s resurrection and his bodily appearances to many. During this season, our liturgy invites us to explore how those first post-resurrection Christians understood what had happened, how it shaped their lives, and how communities of faith took root and spread throughout the Roman… Read more

A group of us were discussing the resurrection when my friend Dorothy said, “The problem with Jesus is that he would not stay in his cage.” I hadn’t heard it put quite that way before, but she was right. He was dead—truly dead—and his body was sealed in a cave, blocked by a large stone… Read more

The news and our public discourse are filled with talk of enemies, real or imagined. There seems no end to the violence some are willing to rain down on them, as if those enemies were solely responsible for all their troubles and disappointments. Few would put it quite so plainly, but the underlying message is… Read more

Christians are about to enter Holy Week, the period between Palm Sunday and Good Friday when we prepare for the glorious celebration of Easter. It is a fitting time to set aside our egos and allow God’s Holy Spirit to fill that space with life-giving renewal and restoration. That is my introduction to a personal… Read more

Bret Stephens is a highly paid conservative columnist for The New York Times. His opinions I generally find tolerable and, at times, useful in sharpening my own thinking. But his column of March 25, 2026, is baffling. He argues that the war with Iran—measured against similar conflicts—is going just dandy: tactically precise, efficient, and mercifully… Read more