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Renee Nicole Good and the Violence of Easy-to-Read Scripture
Jan 14
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When War Was a Sin
A Forgotten 70's Catholic Peace Mural and the Moral Language We’ve Lost
Jan 7
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Cringe
Standing in Luxor reveals something chilling about Trump’s America: even our tyranny is cheap.
Dec 20, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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It's a (Wonderful) Meaningful Life Winter Seminar--Week 1
Dear friends, as we begin our winter seminar on The Death of Ivan Ilyich, I’m sending you a full discussion and reading guide (PDF below the paywall for…
Dec 17, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Christmas is not about the Crucifixion
But it IS a rejection of Trump's abusive use of the term "nasty"
Dec 8, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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"It's a Wonderful (Meaningful) Life" (according to Pope Leo): a Winter Seminar
As the year ends, two old stories—Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life—ask the same question: what makes a life worth…
Dec 1, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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A Note of Thanks
on a Beautiful and Difficult Year
Nov 29, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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High Schoolers Understand Thanksgiving’s Shadows. Meanwhile the President Makes Torture a Punchline
From Lincoln’s call to national penance to today’s presidential mockery of suffering
Nov 26, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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"Quiet. Quiet, Piggy"
The Joyce Carol Oates Moment of the Trump Presidency
Nov 19, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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A Grief Overlooked, Not Observed
Some thoughts on Erika Kirk and C.S. Lewis
Nov 16, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Donald Trump is Still Dying
But like Ivan Ilyich, he can't stop decorating
Nov 5, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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The Halloween Gospel: On Bodies, Movies, and the Sacred Horror of Mark
“My name is Legion, for we are many.” — Mark 5:9
Oct 30, 2025
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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