In my discussions with young Christians in my congregation about their use cases of popular, accessible AI, I find a great deal of variance. Some use AI chatbots daily for…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Eventually we are going to get to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's third commandment violation from a 'prayer' he delivered at a worship service in the Pentagon last week.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In this episode, Sean McMeekin joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Goodbye to the Postwar Consensus” from the April 2026 issue... The…
First Things ↗Growing up as a Southern Baptist, I had little experience with the church calendar. My hometown church certainly celebrated the major holidays. We had candlelight services every Christmas Eve and…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗The grandfatherly man who bent over me, smiling tenderly and gripping my shoulder to welcome me to Belfast, was, in fact, a killer.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Pardon the Latin-rooted neologism, but if “patricide” works for murdering your father and “regicide” for taking out a king, why not “ecclesiacide” for trying to kill an entire Church?... The…
First Things ↗Pope Leo XIV has made it clear that the U.S. war on Iran does not, in his judgment, meet the criteria of just war doctrine. Timothy Broglio, archbishop for... The…
First Things ↗On the first Easter morning, St. Mary Magdalene stood weeping outside a tomb. Mark confides: “when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗The following excerpt from Allen D. Hertzke, Why Religious Freedom Matters: Human Rights and Human Flourishing, is published with permission of Notre Dame Press.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In 1716, a remarkable commoner by the name of James Oglethorpe took a leave of absence from Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His most notable accomplishment to date—admittedly, he was... The…
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