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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 08 > forming-the-affections-of-our-children

Forming the Affections of Our Children

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (321+ words) As we peered over a lookout, taking in the scenery, my three-year-old son said to me, “Can you do statues touch the sky one?” I was confused. “What?” “Like statues touch the sky,” he said. I finally realized that he…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 08 > no-screens-at-church

No Screens at Church

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (138+ words) Image Credit: Norman Rockwell, “Lift Up Thine Eyes” (1965) Rebecca Skabelund lives and works with her family on a small farm in central Utah. She and her husband write a joint Substack called Worthless Thoughts. Richard Spencer: "I guess I just…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 07 > on-the-occasion-of-my-dogs-death

On the Occasion of My Dog’s Death

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (272+ words) Addressing the troubled hearts of his disciples, Jesus says, “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you;…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 07 > the-gift-of-limits-a-conversation-with-leah-libresco-sargeant

The Gift of Limits: A Conversation with Leah Libresco Sargeant

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (864+ words) Tessa Carman: Leah, you spoke recently at a Front Porch Republic conference on “The Gift of Finitude.” Can you explain briefly how we should see being finite, being limited, as a gift, rather than, say, a curse? Leah Libresco Sargeant:…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 06 > building-bulwarks-against-dehumanization

Building Bulwarks against Dehumanization

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (209+ words) Magnifca Huamanitas is many things, the majority of which I’m not qualified to address. In this brief reflection, I’ll limit myself to a few areas with which some of my own work overlaps, offer a critique, and then consider what…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 06 > the-humane-localism-of-pope-leo-xiv

The Humane Localism of Pope Leo XIV

3+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (138+ words) Image Credit: Robert S. Duncanson “Blue Hole, Flood Waters, Little Miami River” (1851) Nathan Beacom writes on agriculture and the environment. His writing has appeared in Comment Magazine, America, The Des Moines Register, and elsewhere. In an article at The American Conservative,…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 06 > a-much-needed-reaction-to-the-dark-enlightenment

A Much-Needed Reaction to The Dark Enlightenment

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (315+ words) Yet competing with it is exactly what Pope Leo is asking us to do. In the section “Building for the common good,” Pope Leo calls for accepting the limits and weakness of humanity without considering them an error to be…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 06 > subsidiarity-a-new-intellectual-virtue

Subsidiarity: A New Intellectual Virtue?

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (152+ words) Andrew Mercer serves as Theologian-in-Residence at the O’Reilly Catholic Student Center in Springfield, Missouri. He is also an adjunct instructor at both Missouri State University and Saint Louis University. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Southern Methodist University…...

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 06 > a-brief-introduction-to-catholic-social-teaching

A Brief Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (447+ words) This is first of a series of essays we’re running that respond to Magnifica Humanitas. To develop a different imagination, CST employs one foundation and several principles (sometimes called themes). The first half of Magnifica Humanitas reviews these central ideas....

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frontporchrepublic.com > 2026 > 05 > the-dignity-of-dependence-how-the-vulnerabilities-we-share-become-the-ties-that-bind

The Dignity of Dependence: How the Vulnerabilities We Share Become the Ties that Bind

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (406+ words) Help Is on the Way When the World Is the Wrong Shape Each woman who succeeded by adapting to (or, like me, being already native to) male-coded norms could be used as a cudgel against her sisters. If it worked…...