Jon Jordan

Fr. Jon Jordan is headmaster and Theology Department chair at Coram Deo Academy of Dallas and serves as a priest associate at Church of the Incarnation in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.

The Chosen’s Thoughtful Depiction of Holy Week

Film Reviews Jon Jordan - April 14, 2025

This Holy Week, for the first time since The Passion of the Christ, audiences have a cinematic opportunity to further solidify their grasp on the drama of Holy Week.

How Then Shall We Tech?

Covenant Jon Jordan - November 14, 2024

There are two ways, one of life and one of death. And great is the difference between the two. So opens the historically valuable and...

Paideia for Preachers: Aristotle, the Sophists, and St. Paul

Covenant Jon Jordan - August 22, 2024

Editor's Note: This is a continuation of an earlier essay from Jon Jordan. “No man can give the impression that he himself is clever and that...

Paideia for Preachers: An Introduction

Covenant Jon Jordan - January 24, 2024

Peter Kreeft’s brilliant book The Best Things in Life imagines what would happen if Socrates were to visit a modern university campus. This short...

In Praise of the Beautiful Game

Covenant Jon Jordan - April 26, 2023

By Jon Jordan At the beginning of his excellent book about soccer, The Language of the Game, Laurent Dubois dedicates it “to all those who...

This Month Shall Be for You

Covenant Jon Jordan - February 17, 2023

Esther 9:20-10:3 By Jon Jordan A little over a month ago I finished reading Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It is the first in a...

Artificial Intelligence Is No Substitute For Wisdom

Covenant Jon Jordan - January 27, 2023

By Jon Jordan In the world of technology, there is nothing new under the sun. That is not to say there is no innovation in...

Camino de Solo Dad

Covenant Jon Jordan - October 20, 2022

By Jon Jordan I need to begin with a caveat: below I describe an experience that my own wife and countless others encounter on a very...

The Humanities: Antidote to Hot Takes

Books & Culture Jon Jordan - August 23, 2022

By Jon Jordan When we find ourselves in times of conflict, what we need and what we are tempted toward are often in a great...

Social Media That Doesn’t Shrink Your Soul?

Covenant Jon Jordan - June 2, 2022

By Jon Jordan There are lots of reasons to be wary of social media, and there is no shortage of opinions currently being published about...