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California, Home Of Brave Olivia Viola
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (376+ words) Rod Dreher's Diary California, Home Of Brave Olivia Viola And: People Deserving Prison; Hunting UK Jews; Bloody Human Nature; Poetry & Politics Brett Kunkle, who runs the ministry with his wife Erin, co-wrote a book some years back, along with John…...
Houston: 'I'm In Here"
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1395+ words) But anyway, look, I want to introduce you to a book that came as a gift, in ways that maybe Katie Asher did not intend. You make up your own mind. Let’s begin. Houston’s story turns around Chapter 32, when, then…...
A Stormy, Solemn Saturday
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1279+ words) It was a solemn, rainy Saturday for me here in Budapest. I spent the late afternoon with a friend I’ll call Eva, which is not her real name. I have a handful of faithful Catholic friends here in Budapest. Eva…...
Authority, Modernity, & Church Disintegration
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (681+ words) (Yes, this is the second early Diary you’ve had in a row. Don’t get comfortable, my dears! I wrote this one last night, because I’m traveling this morning.) Boy, I can’t recommend strongly enough Yale historian Carlos Eire’s thick book…...
Vatican: The Real Enemy Is SSPX
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (81+ words) Rod Dreher's Diary Vatican: The Real Enemy Is SSPX The Symbolism of Rome's Excommunication Of Traditionalists Woke up to the news this morning that the Vatican has excommunicated everyone in the Society of St. Pius X — bishops, priests, and lay…...
A Butterfly Wing In A Parking Lot
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (103+ words) Rod Dreher's Diary A Butterfly Wing In A Parking Lot And: Surprise! Belfast Blows Up In Evil Violence Good morning from Starhill, spiritual capital of my clan. Thank you for all who prayed and are praying for my mother. The…...
Postliberalism & Christian Revival At Oxford
6+ mon, 4+ hour ago (1842+ words) What a wonderful conference we have had here at Pusey House, the Anglo-Catholic stronghold in Oxford. The two keynote lectures — Wednesday’s by Mary Harrington, today’s by Iain McGilchrist — were blockbusters. Let me share with you from my conference notes. On…...
Orthobro Revenge P*rn & Digital Stoning
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (845+ words) We have a festering problem in the Orthodox Christian world in the US. I don’t know how big it is, but the anecdotal evidence indicates that it’s not minor. Here, from Lauren Southern, is a shocking, disgusting account of young…...
Ben Sasse's Golgotha
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (1265+ words) I said I wasn’t going to publish on Orthodox Good Friday, so I’m writing this on Thursday. There is nothing I could possibly write that would top the testimony that Christian man, heroic in his suffering, says in the interview....
Dolly: Suffering, Compassion, And Resilience
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1646+ words) My body shuts down when it’s under deep stress. I was so shell-shocked by it all that I fell asleep on the couch at 5pm Friday, and woke up at 5am Saturday. Unless I dodge a bullet this time, I will be…...