Emmanuel: Christmas in NYC

Last updated on: December 26, 2017 at 2:47 pm By Stephen G. Adubato

Journeying Through a New York Christmas Walk out of Penn Station to find a Christmas Chaos Land. The city, crammed with tourists and regulars, Salvation Army representatives dancing to house-remixes of popular Adele songs, appealing to the altruistic sensibilities of the passersby, families with children speaking foreign tongues, blocking me from speeding along the sidewalk, if only they could do as the Romans and make my day a little easier… Weaving in and out of foot traffic up 5th Ave,... Read more

The Weird Catholic Sexual Imagination

Last updated on: December 10, 2017 at 4:29 am By Stephen G. Adubato

I find it laughable that people package Catholic sexual mores into the same box as the repressed, bourgeois, puritanical vision of sex that the Sexual Revolutionaries rebelled against not too long ago. The Catholic vision of sex violently rips off the pretty satin bow of “normalcy” that rests uncomfortably on top of that oh-so-confining box, almost like the tightly buttoned clothing of your oh-so-repressed grandma (modest is hottest!). But as Chris West will explain (theatrically so) to you, Catholic sexual morality... Read more

Authority: The Power of Attraction

Last updated on: October 15, 2017 at 4:32 am By Stephen G. Adubato

Many teachers struggle to figure out how to use their authority in the classroom—including me. I remember walking into the classroom on my first day with the naive conviction that my students would respect me simply because I’m an adult. Perhaps what tempts so many novice teachers to fall into this trap is that they are stuck in a modernistic conception of authority as a claim to power over others, rather than a call to offer oneself in service to... Read more

The Cracks in Postmodernity: An Introductory Post

Last updated on: October 7, 2017 at 8:36 pm By Stephen G. Adubato

My first days as an undergrad were filled with a mix of excitement and bewilderment…somewhat like the feeling you get after downing a cheap cocktail mixed at a dorm party. As I learned of new concepts and terminology, and encountered people from all ends of the earth-both geographically and ideologically, my heart throbbed with a burning thirst to discover something new…what exactly? I couldn’t yet identify it…but I intuited that there was “something more”-something that would make life more vibrant,... Read more