Donna Reed and the Road of Meekness: It’s a Wonderful Life
We see Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed diverge: one stumbles down the road of wrath, the other patiently follows the road of meekness.
Jean Arthur and the Virtue of Kindness
It is Jean Arthur's kindness, in the end, that saves Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Virtue and the Women of Old Hollywood
To introduce my daughter to the seven classic virtues, I will enlist the help of classic guides: Ingrid Bergman, Myrna Loy, Katherine Hepburn, and Jean Arthur, among others.
Liturgy, Virtue, and the Privacy of Performance
The vocabulary of the theater made sacramental and liturgical vocabulary more intelligible to me.
Get on with it
The constant worry I’m not doing things as well or as effectively as I could still simmers beneath the surface.
Humility: Democracy’s necessary virtue
People have a propensity to seek and attend churches that match their political convictions.
Anglicans without a cause
I see little evidence on social media that Christians, let alone clergy, provide any greater wisdom and insight to the great causes.
Don’t be Trumped: Some little ways to deal with a big problem
Instead of fretting over the present global catastrophe, read old books, and live in your neighborhood, doing whatever else you can, according to the ability God has given you.