Creed

From Longfellow’s deep peals of the bells, to Dickens’ Scrooge, to the miracle of No Man’s Land becoming common ground, conversions begins with Christmas.

This Christmas, we might be closer than ever to the story’s origins. Terror. Surveillance. Poverty. Genocide. Perhaps it is time to add a dragon to tame creche scenes.

Imagine Tolkien being born as a hobbit in the Shire, or J.K. Rowling going to school at Hogwarts. Explore the notion of the author entering his or her own creation.

In a world of devastation, you can share honest feelings of hopelessness - yet not be overcome.

Ponder the poetic depths of Frank Skinner’s thoughts on the Incarnation.

Despite the daily distractions of digital life, we really need to pay attention to attentiveness, argues Mark Scarlata.

In TikTok’s algorithm Graham Tomlin saw something that got him thinking. Could it lead to moral health rather than harm?

The Feast of Christ the King prompts Jamie Mulvaney to ask what sort of strong leader we should seek.

Eighty years after her death, Simone Weil’s wisdom is a vital challenge to today’s attention economy. Justine Toh explores her life and thinking.

The collective silence of remembrance acts is unusual. Listen to its powerful lesson.

A strangely named season of the Church calendar, Ordinary Time, is anything but that. Julie Canlis explores how it can point to wonder in the moments.

Concerned by the conditional responses to deaths in the Israel-Hamas war, Ryan Gilfeather considers why we should value all human lives.