It's time for Catholic education to rediscover its core purpose.

"From enjoying the imitation, they come to enjoy the reality." - Socrates, in Plato's Republic

One reason to read great works is the opportunity to identify in the lives portrayed characteristics we want to have, as well as those we should avoid.

The title of this talk is: Logos: In the beginning was the Word—The nature and power of language. After some further prayer and reflection, I would like to add a subtitle to the talk: The end of education!

I like Burley Coulter. I like him, at least in part, because he "caused a lot of trouble for himself and other people," as Wendell Berry puts it.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, today's liturgy presents to us enlightening yet at the same time disconcerting words of Christ.

At the risk of seeming disrespectful or irreverent, I'd like to propose that the parable in today's Gospel is, well, funny.

Allowing ourselves to feel suffering is the only way to heal from suffering.

As a teen in the 1980s, I was at a moral crossroads.

A friend of mine recently told me that he and his wife (devout Catholics) had decided to cancel their Disney+ subscription for their elementary school–aged children.