Marian art shows that distractability is itself a form of attention, one that is essential to living a Christian life.
Jonathan Malesic
Jonathan Malesic is the author of The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives. He lives in Dallas.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholic colleges: Do less if you want to save your religious mission
Many Catholic colleges are facing an existential crisis. The prudent strategy is to identify what makes them distinctive and seek a niche where they can flourish.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The gift of burnout: How quitting my job allowed me to flourish
We should not have to empty ourselves for the company or college.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about the American Work Force
Human dignity does not depend on having a job.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Meghan Daum on ‘woke’ culture
In her new book, Meghan Daum recounts how, despite her unimpeachable feminist and liberal commitments, she came to feel not just wrong, but alienated from a new generation of “extremely online” activists.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Meet the Twitter account promoting the Gospel, one tweet at a time
JesusOfNaz316 mixes brief prayers with light humor and punchy political jeremiads.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Can Marco Rubio help to break the partisan divide over the dignity of work?
The partisan divide over the dignity of work comes down to one question: Where does dignity come from? Do jobs give people dignity, or do people give jobs their dignity?
Posted inFaith, Features
Catholic colleges are searching for new homes in the Southwest. Can they succeed?
The next few years will be critical to whether or not Catholic higher education can bloom in the desert. If it does, it may provide a vital service to a population that represents the future of the Catholic Church in the United States.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Meghan O’Gieblyn on Christian evangelical culture
When the essayist Meghan O’Gieblyn was a student at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, a Friday night out meant sidewalk evangelism. She and her friends would draw the plan of salvation on a portable chalkboard, hand out tracts and invite passersby to get saved. O’Gieblyn got few takers. Eventually, she left the school and […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Purgatory is other people on ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Forever’
What if you could improve yourself after you are dead? This appealing prospect drives two current TV comedies.