In all the discussions about abstinence-only sex ed lately there is much talk about spit and water, licked ice cream cones, and tape that is no longer sticky. Obviously, as many other writers have already pointed out, that kind of abstinence-only sex ed leaves much to be desired, especially for the women who – for one [...]
Why do we so often look up to singers who use auto-tune (or lip-syncing) to make their voices sound “perfect?” I think it is a matter of insecurity, the temptation to be God. Because we want a goodness that no human can possibly have, we tend to seek truth using our misguided human maps. We [...]
If there is one Catholic website out there that, in my opinion, more people should be following and reading, it is By Way of Beauty. Matthew generously agreed to allow me to pick his brain, and he provided some great insights on culture, beauty, and evangelization. The greatest part about ByWayofBeauty.com is that it is [...]
Lent is a time I think to reflect on beauty. True beauty is something that uplifts the soul. It draws us to God. As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI once said about art, “The work of art is the fruit of human creativity, which questions the visible reality, trying to discover its deep meaning and to communicate [...]
Scars Last summer I heard a Priest tell this story during his homily of a time he visited a sick man in the hospital. He went to the hospital multiple times and would sit and talk for an hour or so with the man to keep him company. In the room with this sick man [...]
There is a great fear among women that we are being under-appreciated. It’s not that we women want all the power; we just want credit for sharing it! In Amanda Mortus’s “To Be Used or Appreciated?”, she laments how tired a Proverbs 31 woman seems, and wishes more of those holy verses spoke intimately of [...]
With the election season heating up and the usual sins threatening to conquer us, it’s time to talk about… art. Eve Tushnet makes a penetrating observation* in an upcoming issue of First Things magazine: If you (a sinner) cannot imagine a different way of life, if you do not see virtue as a real and [...]
Before I begin there are few things you should know about me: 1. I’m in my 20′s and I’ve been charting using the Creighton Model of Natural Family Planning (NFP) for nearly two years. 2. I’m not married. 3. I’m a perfectionist. That being said, I love charting. There is something amazing about the natural [...]
Happy Easter Everyone! Just wanted to share my cousin’s online magazine. First issue was released today! Check them out! (That’s three exclamation point’s in four sentences, by the way. Expect a corresponding level of awesomeness.)
Beauty is mentioned alongside goodness and truth as something for which all men yearn; yet of the three, beauty itself is most enigmatic. We want to know the truth—that is, we want what we think of reality to actually correspond to reality—and we want to pursue or acquire the good—our actions should thus be ordered [...]
I have forgotten, Lord, to look at the beauty you’ve given. Just watching the clouds pass is really magnificent! The squirrel tormenting the cat from its safe position in the tree. The shape and color of the leaves that fall to the ground. The rays of light shining through on the most dismal of days. [...]
There is no better self-introduction for an architect to make than to exhibit an especially astounding piece of architecture and then to talk about it. Since this is my first “official” post day (I couldn’t help posting earlier), I thought I would start a series of posts on church architecture the first of which I [...]
Q. How do you pronounce “ignitum”? A. Well, you have some options. The Romans would have said ig-NEE-toom. In church, we’d say “in-YEE-toom.”
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