Making a Daniel: Alan Jacobs on counter-cultural catechesis

In light of my recent exploration of the book of Daniel at Eastbrook Church (see "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith"), Alan Jacobs' blog post earlier this week seemed well-timed for me. Jacobs interacts with Adrian Vermeule's review of Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed, in which Vermeule offers an alternative to Deneen’s plea for a renewed localism, and …

Resourceful Christianity: Alan Jacobs on Rod Dreher and the Benedict Option

Alan Jacobs offers some helpful reflections on Christian traditions accessing a new way through dialogue with Rod Dreher's recent post ahead of the release of his book The Benedict Option. That’s it, I think. You have to get to the end of your rope, you have to come to the point where you can’t live any …