The Benedict Option

The Looming Deluge

The Looming Deluge

📄The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2021 One of my favorite recording artists in the 1970s was Jackson Browne. Most of those who know of him remember his music for songs such as “Rock Me on the Water,” “Take It Easy” (a hit single by the Eagles) and “Running on Empty,”...

Democrats and Republicans:  What’s the Difference?

Democrats and Republicans: What’s the Difference?

Current Political Realities For the first twenty years of my adult life I sought to be as nonpartisan as possible, realizing that neither party is ideal. But the Democratic Party of the last fifty years – since its lurch leftward in 1972 with the nomination of George...

The Benedict Option: A Necessary Preface

The Benedict Option: A Necessary Preface

In the course of reading reviews and listening to comments over the past couple of months regarding Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option, it has occurred to me that some kind of Preface needs to precede any kind of thoughtful and focused discussion of the book. In...

“The Benedict Option” A Necessary Preface

“The Benedict Option” A Necessary Preface

📄The Areopagus Update - Aug/Sept 2017 Our Areopagus Dinner & Dialogue series this summer focused on Rod Dreher’s new book, 'The Benedict Option". Dreher is a writer and senior editor at The American Conservative blogsite, and "The Benedict Option" is one of the...