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One Meal a Day is an increasingly popular method of intermittent fasting that delays when you eat, rather than restricting what or how much you eat. It has been the habit of many of joyful monk, who have used it as the foundation of a more lively, prayerful and productive existence. I
Source: The Catholic Gentleman via YouTube In this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, Sam and John discuss ways that addictive technology and constant access are damaging our culture. • How technology is eroding your relationships• How technology turns you into a product to be sold• How your phone is destroying…
Source: James Bradshaw via mercatornet.comReprinted with permission Robert Nisbet’s book ‘The Quest for Community’ is required reading for anyone who wants to understand contemporary chaos Almost 70 years has passed since the publication of The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom. In what New York…
Source: William Kilpatrick via turningpointproject.comReprinted with permission There’s an almost dream-like quality to the events of the last 12 months. Depending on their political/cultural views, the dream will be experienced by some as pleasant, by others as disturbing, and by still others as nightmarish. For those in the latter category,…
Intrigued by the idea of a Catholic platform where Catholic sellers and buyers can meet? So was I. Here’s my interview with David Rummelhoff, the man behind peterssquare.com who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Source: CitizenGo via YouTube Several countries demand from the high tech companies to stop censorship on their platforms. Header image: CitizenGo via YouTube
Conservatives are generally good at conserving, and we are particularly aware of the continuities across the human condition. But given today’s conditions, when so much has changed so recently and so many social problems bedevil us, we need to get great at creating new institutions.
When we use our reason to try to understand something, we are assuming, from the outset, that the thing we are investigating can be understood by reason because it is reasonable and that it will reveal itself in a rational way, that behind the mystery of the thing, there is order and governance that can be discerned.
Source: Word on Fire Institute via YouTube Father Steve Grunow, CEO of Word on Fire, speaks to Jesuits about the perils of artificial intelligence and the online world. Learn more about the Word on Fire Institute: https://wordonfire.institute/SHOW LESS Header image: Man on phone by Vinicisu Amnx Amano via unsplash.com; Gargoyle…
In this video Jonathan Pageau discusses Rod Dreher’s new book ‘Live Not By Lies’, a manual for Christian Dissidents. “As a new cultural revolution aims to institutionalize a tyranny of ideological clichés, Dreher renews Solzhenitsyn’s great call to ‘live not by lies.’ I cannot imagine a more timely and urgent book, or one with a more enduring spiritual, political, and cultural message.”
Source: Bishop Robert Barron via YouTube A hit Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” is a film about the dark side of social media explained by the Silicon Valley innovators behind it. In this episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” Bishop Barron discusses some of the film’s insights and offers…
There are few topics that hit emotional buttons as vaccinations. The internet is awash with pro-vaccines vs anti-vaccines arguments. And if you add in the whole CCP Virus as a background, you have a perfect storm of controversy.