“Fasting is a spiritual exercise whose purpose is to subject the body to the liberating yoke of Jesus. As Wendell Berry puts it, denying bodily desire for the sake of spiritual growth is “a refusal to allow the body to… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
“Art really does instruct us in how to think, feel, and behave. To be an artist is to have great power. To be the… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“With a few exceptions, conservative Christian political activists are as ineffective as White Russian exiles, drinking tea from samovars in their Paris drawing rooms,… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“The overweight person diets not to punish him- or herself for being heavy but to become healthier. The athlete works out not because he… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“A Christian who practices asceticism trains himself to say no to his desires and yes to God.” — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“For the traditional Christian, establishing internal order is not mere discipline, nor is it simply an act of will. Rather, it is what theologian… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“In his book After Virtue, philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre likened the present cultural moment to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West. He… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“It is not feasible for most of us to abandon the Internet entirely. But at the very least we can impose on ourselves a… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“Father Martin said that those who think stability is meant to hold you back, and to stifle personal and spiritual growth, are missing the… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
As it turns out, the ecological catastrophe Kirk feared that would be the consequence of our impiety appears not to be one of radically… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“Here's how to get started with the antipolitical politics of the Benedict Option. Secede culturally from the mainstream. Turn off the television. Put the… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
“Inferno was for learning about the nature of our sins. Purgatorio is for learning how to overcome our tendencies to fall victim to them.… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
I quite often feel that my greatest task as a father is to raise children who love what is good, true, and beautiful, and… — Rod Dreher Copy Share
