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Ten years ago, journalist Carl Honore was struck by the fact that he was totally controlled by our hasty, speed-worshiping society. In this Ted Talk, he gives a wide overview of the movement toward slowness and some of the personal and sociological implications of learning to... Read More →

When we call out for help, we are bound more powerfully to God through our needs and weakness, our unfulfilled hopes and dreams, and our anxieties and problems than we ever could have been through our joys, successes, and strengths alone. . . . Anxieties can gray the whole sky... Read More →

Time-sickness can be a symptom of a deeper, existential malaise. In the final stages before burnout, people often speed up to avoid confronting their unhappiness. Author Milan Kundera thinks that speed helps us block out the horror and barrenness of the modern world: “Our period... Read More →

It is shocking to think how much the world has changed in such a brief time. Each of us has had our lives and communities disrupted. Of course, I am here in this with you. I feel that I’m in no position to tell you how to feel or how to think, but there are a few things that come... Read More →

Advent [meaning “coming”], to the Church Fathers, was the right naming of the season when light and life are fading. They urged the faithful to set aside four weeks to fast, give, and pray—all ways to strip down, to let the bared soul recall what it knows beneath its fear of the... Read More →