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The Responsibility of Hope

This week’s posts on the challenges faced by the Millennial generation and ideas for how to help them meet those challenges sparked a lively discussion that ranged across multiple posts. Being an editor, I have spliced a selection of comments on related themes into the following dialogue. Author JD Cowan starts us off: Enter friend of the blog Rudolph Harrier: Back to JD: And to…

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Japan’s Childlessness Crisis

The Land of the Rising Sun may have no tomorrow if a solution to the economically advanced but spiritually demoralized nation’s fertility woes isn’t found. Japan’s childlessness crisis has gained international notoriety over the past several years. But the crisis goes beyond the much-discussed “herbivore” phenomenon of young men withdrawing from the dating scene. According to the results of…

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How We Can Help Millennials

We talk about generations as if they’re clearly defined categories, but in reality the gaps between generational cohorts are pretty ambiguous. Being Gen Y, my perspective on current intergenerational conflicts is as close to objective as anyone but a member of the dwindling Greatest Generation. If you’ve been paying even cursory attention to mainstream and social media, you’ve probably heard…

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Millennials: Depressed and Disordered

Men, what does it mean to be happy? According to Mammon and Moloch, it means making as much money and sleeping with as many high-value women as possible. But in the Christian tradition, happiness comes from living in harmony with God, neighbor, nature, and yourself. By that standard, Millennials might be the most disordered, and therefore miserable, postwar cohort. Exhibit A: their…

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DDF Vindicates Francis on Fiducia

Last month, controversy broke out over a pastoral document issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith dealing with non-liturgical blessings for people in irregular relationships. The DDF doc, Fiducia supplicans, was seized upon by sensationalist news outlets in the Death Cult and radical traditionalist media to libel Pope Francis. In the wake of these fake news stories…

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State Persecutes Kim Davis

Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who made headlines for acting in line with the basic reality that two people of the same sex cannot contract matrimony, is back in the news. This time, anti-Christs are celebrating the state’s persecution of Davis through lawfare – in particular, a district court ruling requiring her to pay $360,000 in damages and legal fees and expenses.

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Heavenly Light Music Video

For those who enjoyed superversive musician Ben Zwycky’s rendition of “Silent Night”, you’ll be delighted to learn that the second – and title – track from his new album Heavenly Light is now live. Watch the video here: Get exclusive access to my patron-only Discord group, first looks at my monthly creative output, and the chance to make your mark on my works. Become a Neopatron on…

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Pondering My Orb for 2024

As anyone who’s extremely online knows, the most longstanding internet holiday tradition is web sites – in particular gaming magazines – posting annoying fake stories on April Fools’ Day. But the second oldest internet holiday tradition is unqualified bloggers making baseless predictions about the year ahead at New Year’s. It makes for a fun parlor game in the comments and provides a ready…

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Remembering Pope Benedict

As of last night, we passed our first year without the late Pope Emeritus Benedict. He had a short reign by modern standards, but he was among the most accomplished theologians ever elected to the papal throne – which is saying a lot. And like the best teachers of the faith, he summed up his pontificate in his three last words. A simple sentence, but rich with meaning.

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Generation Y’s Real Café 80s

Most people reading this will be familiar with the 50s retro diner, in concept if not by firsthand experience. This style of restaurant gained popularity in the 1980s as Baby Boomers neared middle age. Savvy restaurateurs figured out that appealing to that generation’s nostalgia for the 1950s culture they dismantled in the 1960s would print money. It seems counterintuitive, but enough of the…

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