A See–Judge–Act reflection on divine presence, classical metaphysics, and what it means for how we live A note on the method: The See–Judge–Act approach, rooted in Catholic social thought and associated with Cardinal Joseph Cardijn, invites us first to observe reality honestly, then to evaluate it through the lens of scripture, reason, and faith, and... Continue Reading →
Strange, Delightful, and Slightly Unnerving: Why Both Ezra Klein and Pope Leo XIV Warn That AI Challenges Human Values
Two thoughtful voices from different worlds—a liberal New York Times podcaster and a newly elected pope—arrive at a strikingly similar warning: artificial intelligence poses a profound challenge to human values. Their paths to this conclusion differ, but both detect an unsettling risk at the heart of AI’s rise. The Podcaster Who Can’t Figure Out His... Continue Reading →
What Basil, Augustine, and Chrysostom Still Have to Say About the World We’re Living In
A See–Judge–Act Study Module for Ordinary Christians There is a moment in Joseph Cardijn’s life that never ceases to strike me. He was a young Belgian priest at the turn of the twentieth century, watching working-class teenagers — barely more than children, really — swallowed whole by factories, stripped of dignity, left without community or... Continue Reading →
Still Relevant After 1,600 Years: What the Church Fathers Can Teach Us About Living Faithfully Today
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING · PATRISTICS · THOMAS MERTON · SEE-JUDGE-ACT What if the most urgent voices for our fractured, violent, consumption-driven world aren’t modern commentators or social media theologians — but men and women who lived between roughly A.D. 100 and 600? The Church Fathers — those early Christian writers, bishops, monks, and martyrs of... Continue Reading →
Remembering Cyprian Davis, OSB
Remembering Cyprian Davis, OSB 9 September 1930 — 18 May 2015 Monk, Historian, Priest — and Friend There are people who change how you see the world, and there are people who change how you see yourself within it. Cyprian Davis, OSB, did both — for me personally, and for the Catholic Church in America.... Continue Reading →
Are You Connecting the dots between the explosion of data centers and your electric bill? By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction Between 2000 and 2010, electricity consumption in the United States slowed, largely due to increased efficiency—light bulbs, appliances, etc. For example, incandescent bulbs once accounted for the most electricity use before 2000. By 2018, they had slipped to 6th place, behind heating, cooling, and appliances, due to the emergence of efficient LED light... Continue Reading →
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