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May 2016

May 14, 2016
Beginning with a lover's wish to woo his beloved with the music that the biblical...
May 07, 2016
[Editor’s Note: This essay is Part 3 of a series on C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy,...

April 2016

April 02, 2016
[Editor's Note: This essay is Part 2 of a series on C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy. Perelandra is...

March 2016

March 25, 2016
[John Paul II intended his first encyclical Redemptor Hominis (Redeemer of man) to be “a...
March 19, 2016
[Editor's Note: In her essay "The Church and the Fiction Writer," Flannery O'Connor addresses the...
March 05, 2016
The classic TV sitcom Friends is iconic for its long run, humor, and relatable characters that made...

February 2016

February 13, 2016
[Editor's Note: This essay is Part 1 of a series on C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy,...
February 06, 2016
[Editor's Note: Some will say it is a stretch to extend a Theology of the...

January 2016

January 28, 2016
[Editor's Note: While not explicitly Theology of the Body-focused, this essay on our response to...
January 22, 2016
Before I knew it, two big kisses embraced both of my cold cheeks. I had...

December 2015

December 08, 2015
Everyone knows Monty Python. The British comedy troupe’s show, movies, and comedic style have thoroughly...

November 2015

November 27, 2015
This past Saturday I was lucky enough to have Nick Davidson speak at an event...
November 12, 2015
Image courtesy of Pixabay This morning I came across Saint Pope John Paul II’s “Letter...

October 2015

October 31, 2015
Hello everyone! I would first like to introduce myself as the new editor for Love...
October 22, 2015
Happy feast of St. John Paul II, everyone! I thought today would be a good...

July 2015

July 31, 2015
Here's an excerpt from a post over at The Cor Project written by Christopher West's eldest son, John...
July 24, 2015
[Editor's Note: If you appreciated Jennifer Fulwiler's affection for Tupac Shakur as expressed in her...
July 09, 2015
Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte has recently created a new television comedy for FOX called...
July 02, 2015
Preparing for a concert in my usual fashion, I’ve been immersing myself in Josh Garrels’...

June 2015

June 25, 2015
The first video game I purchased for Nintendo was Final Fantasy I in 1989. I...
June 15, 2015
[Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Father Robert Barron’s Word on Fire blog on May 22 in...
June 05, 2015
Graham Greene’s novel The End of the Affair chronicles the passionate love affair between the...
June 05, 2015
The beginning of “Such Great Heights” by The Postal Service sounds like bubbles popping. The...

May 2015

May 25, 2015
One night my husband and I were performing the post-dinner dish cleansing ritual observed world-over...
May 12, 2015
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein offers a warning to its readers by presenting a perversion of the...
May 03, 2015
Over at Aleteia, there's a nice article about something that is very close to the heart of Love Among...

April 2015

April 30, 2015
What happened to the love song? Though seemingly every song on the radio these days...
April 28, 2015
[Editor's Note: Recently I was interviewed for a podcast over at Fountains of Carrots, the combined effort of the...
April 22, 2015
The Vow (2012) follows Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams), a newlywed couple who...
April 18, 2015
[Editor's Note: A friend of mine sent me this post about my new favorite novel, Kristin...
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