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Andrew Petiprin

Andrew Petiprin, a former priest of the Episcopal Church, now writes for Word on Fire Ministries.

Stranger Things 3: The Spirit of the Mall

Stranger Things 3 runs with the torch of kids’ adventure that we rarely see either in fiction or in the culture these days.

The Future of Liberalism: Patrick Deneen and Tucker Carlson

How do we pursue the common good when we can’t see beyond our custom commercial and entertainment options that are always increasing and never satisfying?

Space, Gender, and Heavenly Bodies

To imagine there’s no heaven is to live on an extremely boring Earth.

Sir Roger Scruton: Conserving the West

Conserving Western civilization is an increasingly popular topic on social media and in entertainment. Roger Scruton has written a series of books addressing the issue.

The End of Beauty

We who love the Lord cherish the stuff around us because it is his, and he has given it to us to honor him.

The Conservative Christian Mind

From its beginning, conservatism has been against things and for things. It is not an inexplicable series of reactions.

Bogey in the Big ’80s

‘Stranger Things’ embodies G.K. Chesterton’s wisdom: “What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey.”

Plato has gone before us

In The Vision of the Soul, James Matthew Wilson asserts that the Western tradition is dominated by one name: Plato.

Tucker Carlson, Episcopalian

That Carlson remains a part of the Episcopal Church — and could even be its most famous member —  is illustrative in a few ways.

Spiritual beauty

The creative and appreciative urge are the work of the Holy Spirit, which always has one job in a human life — to make us the creatures God intends.