This article was previously published in Sword & Spade Magazine. John Waldorf discovered what is most real about his inheritance. Eugene Waldorf died just four days after his 84th birthday. As I write this, most of my family is arriving home after gathering to celebrate the first anniversary of his passing. Besides being married to my mo...

In Cruce Salus (In the Cross is Salvation) “Stretch out your hand,”says the Lord. "And you will live.” (Sirach 15:16-17 When I was a boy, my grandmother lived on a farm across the road from my parents’ farm. Like all grandmothers, she was the best grandmother in all the world. Each day, my brothers and I would feed her she...

This article was previously published in Sword & Spade Magazine. Tommy Killackey discusses the loss of virtuous friendship in our culture of kitsch.   A sunset, an adventure, a tragedy, a profound belief, a moment encountering the sublime: life’s most riveting moments seem to demand from deep within us the need to share them....