Mr. Jason Craig
Jason M. Craig is the editor of Those Catholic Men and Sword&Spade magazine, the author of Leaving Boyhood Behind (OSV 2019), and co-founder of Fraternus. He has a Masters in Theology from the Augustine Institute. Craig runs a small Grade A dairy with his family and hosts retreats and workshops through St. Joseph’s Farm. He is known to claim that his family invented bourbon.
Author's Articles
- You Can Only Feed a Hungry Man (or, Aquinas’ helpful definition of real alms-giving) 02 28 2024
- Why Pray if We Can’t Change God’s Mind? 01 25 2024
- Dominion, Domination, And Your Need For Vulnerable Brotherhood 07 20 2021
- A Story Of A Fallen Monk (And Faith Vs. Pride) 07 15 2021
- A Good Retreat Is No Date With God 07 09 2021
- Borrowing A Page From Alfred The Great’s Notebook 07 07 2021
- Hope Is Hearts In Heaven, Not Heads In Clouds 07 05 2021
- Don’t Shoot For The Stars. Shoot For Heaven 07 01 2021
- Are Non-Violent Saints Wimps? 06 23 2021
- The Poverty Of Marian Devotion 06 21 2021
- Of Pickup Lines And Occasional Temptation 06 19 2021
- What’s Wrong With The ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’ 06 18 2021
- We Will Have To Endure Persecution 06 10 2021
- Justice Is For Peace 05 28 2021
- We Are The Faithful, Not The Worthy 05 25 2021
- Justice Isn’t Entitlement 05 24 2021
- The Tragedy Of Redemption 05 17 2021
- Even Average Joes Are Not Exempt From Lectio In Christianity 05 05 2021
- You Can’t Love Your Enemies 04 24 2021
- Justice And “Social Justice Warriors” – Is There Conflict? 04 21 2021
- Kindness is Loving, But it’s Just Too 04 14 2021
- Divorce, Happiness, and Joy 04 03 2021
- Jesus Defeated Death, He Didn’t Remove Suffering 03 24 2021
- Do Not Trust a “faith” That Nurtures a Dislike of Man 03 22 2021
- Of Statues, Adoration, and Real Things 03 18 2021
- Selfless Self-Preservation 03 16 2021
- Why Your Prayer Is Confident (Or Not) 03 12 2021
- The 10th Commandment: Vague Placeholder or Key to Happiness? 03 08 2021
- Catholic Gift Guide for Your Son, Godson, or Grandson 11 30 2020
- Why I Trust Working Fathers (And Why Bureaucrats Become Tyrants) 10 23 2020
- Dads, Be Like God and Finish What You Start 10 14 2020
- Hate is Not the Opposite of Love – Love Produces Hate 10 12 2020
- Do You Want a Better Version of You… or Do You Want God? 09 30 2020
- The Month of the Rosary is Coming: Make the Most of it with This Book 09 18 2020
- Desert Fighters: St. Cassian’s Plan for Fighting Faults Daily 09 10 2020
- On Success and Salvation: What Does Our Work Say About Us? 09 07 2020
- Will the men “break” or will they lead? The historic opportunity of COVID 09 01 2020
- What Jayber Crow Can Teach Us About the Priesthood and Celibacy 08 13 2020
- COVID and the Screening Out of Christian Culture 07 22 2020
- Two Ways We Sin Against Hope 04 09 2020
- Jesus’ Rite of Passage 03 23 2020
- St. Joseph Formed Jesus as a Man 03 21 2020
- How Loving Mother’s Make Their Sons into Mama’s Boys 03 18 2020
- Boys Must be Separated from Childhood to be Men 03 11 2020
- Reconcile With Your Brothers (And Avoid Hellfire!) 02 23 2020
- Jesus is My Neighbor, and He’s So Annoying 01 16 2020
- Adoration Undoes the Sentimentality of Advertising (And Weak Religion) 01 06 2020
- Love the Brotherhood 12 28 2019
- Rest, Reading, and Remembering What a Man Is 11 02 2019
- The Church Doesn’t Need a Trump, but it Needs a Trump Moment 10 09 2019
- Murderous Mama’s Boys: Johnny Cash, the Wu Tang Clan, and Other Wisdom on Mass Shooters 08 07 2019
- Why All Males Need Rites of Passage 06 15 2019
- All Men Must Read The Odyssey 06 10 2019
- What “Discipleship” Models Get Wrong About Christianity 06 04 2019
- Do Not Neglect to Treasure Your Wife 05 23 2019
- Ite Ad Joseph. “Go To Joseph.” Literally. 04 30 2019
- Being Perfect and Planting Potatoes on Good Friday 04 19 2019
- Temperance is More than Self-Denial and Moderation 04 07 2019
- You Need to Read 03 31 2019
- The World Does Not Honor the Housewife, So We Must 03 07 2019
- Altar Serving is For Boys Because Saying Mass is a Man’s Job 02 16 2019
- Masculinity Can’t Be Toxic, Because Jesus Was Male 02 01 2019
- A Woman’s Note to TCM Readers: We’re Ready for Your Strength 01 29 2019
- Justice is a Good and Happy Word 01 17 2019
- Sword and Spade: A New Magazine for Catholic Men for a New Year 01 09 2019
- Discipleship is Not Just Servant Leadership 12 18 2018
- Jason Craig’s Gadget-Less Gift Guide for Catholic Men 12 09 2018
- On My Homestead, Advent is Thick and Heavy in Nature 12 05 2018
- The Abuse Response from Dioceses That’s Pissing Men Off the Most 11 26 2018
- I Post, Therefore I Am: Knowing Self Vs. Creating Self 11 13 2018
- Desiring Human Respect Can Lead to Hell 11 11 2018
- What Scupoli’s Spiritual Combat is Really About 11 08 2018
- Demons, Penance, and Screwtape’s Last Vision of You 10 27 2018
- Does Turning the Other Cheek Equate to Weakness? 10 23 2018
- No Fortitude – Why Some Give Up on Christ 10 09 2018
- Make Bishops Fathers Again 09 25 2018
- The Newly Defined “Dark Ages” of Christian America 08 06 2018
- Stressed? You Might Need to Get Outside More 07 11 2018
- Celibacy Does Not Cause Clergy Scandals 06 27 2018
- Wood vs the World: In Awe of the Created 06 22 2018
- Dominion or Domination? What You Missed About Fatherhood in Genesis 06 07 2018
- Pentecost: Christianity is More Than Getting Out of Hell 05 20 2018
- Want to Be Holier? Meditate on Christ’s Words and Deeds Daily 05 03 2018
- The Value and Art of Good Conversation 04 19 2018
- How Work Brings Meaning Back to Family Life 04 14 2018
- Today is the Day to Run to The Cross 03 29 2018
- Lust, Humility, and Severed Fingers 03 26 2018
- The Spirit of the Machine vs. The Spirit of Truth 03 22 2018
- Transformation: The Uncomfortable Reality of Suffering 03 17 2018
- Fraternal Discord Amongst Bishops and Clergy Hurts Evangelization 03 09 2018
- Don’t Just Give Things Up, Give Them Away 03 07 2018
- How Fathers Can Fix The 2 Major Problems of Homeschooling 01 31 2018
- What to Do If Your Son Embarrasses You 01 22 2018
- Teach Your Sons to Be Religious, Not Sentimental 01 18 2018
- Technology Displaced Fathers. To Fight Back You Must Displace It. 01 17 2018
- Reflections on Christmas from A Convert’s Perspective 01 05 2018
- Words Can Crush or Build Up Boys: Use Them Wisely 01 04 2018
- Wise Men Look at the Stars 12 27 2017
- A Two Step Plan to Stop Checking that Phone 12 17 2017
- I Yelled, Then Repented: Here’s How My Kids Responded 12 12 2017
- Real Conservatives Don’t Plunder the Earth 12 04 2017
- Giving Thanks is Trivialized Without Blood and Sacrifice 11 20 2017
- Eros How To: Path of Ascent, Not Suppression 11 09 2017
- What’s the Real Problem with the Boy Scouts Today? 11 03 2017
- Marxism Has Infiltrated Your Family 10 26 2017
- Bishop Cordelione, A Model of Episcopal Fatherhood 10 24 2017
- Why Laymen and Priests Don’t Relate 10 09 2017
- TCM Events: Farm Retreats for TCM Readers 10 02 2017
- Your Son Needs You to Initiate Him into Mature Manhood. Here’s a free webinar and book about just that… 09 19 2017
- Is There a Catholic Back-to-the-Land Movement? 09 04 2017
- Maturity Means Not Commenting on Everything 08 16 2017
- Why I Don’t Write About Women & the Home 08 11 2017
- How Consumerism Emasculates Men and How to Stop It 08 07 2017
- Dear Father, Your Children Need the Truth about Sex 08 01 2017
- There Are No Life Hacks 07 18 2017
- The Problem Behind The Problem Of Video Games 06 17 2017
- Explaining To Protestant Family And Friends Why They Can’t Receive Communion 05 18 2017
- This Is Your Invitation To Retreat On The Farm 05 09 2017
- Toward A Theology of Cool 04 11 2017
- Marriage Will Not Cure Your Lust 03 28 2017
- The Vegetable Garden and Lent 03 02 2017
- The Name of the Demon That Steals Rest, Makes You Scroll, and Inspires Overworking 02 22 2017
- Feeling Directionless? Prepare Better for Communion. 02 21 2017
- Do You Have the Vice of Ambition? 02 16 2017
- Learn From a Son of David That Bragged About His Manhood and Lost Bigly 02 14 2017
- How to Identify a Wise Mentor 02 13 2017
- How to Have Better Arguments With Your Wife 02 10 2017
- The Devil is a Dad Too 02 09 2017
- Start A Fraternus Chapter 02 08 2017
- When Feminism Takes Dad’s Place 02 07 2017
- No Humility, No Glory, No Sonship 02 06 2017
- You Can’t “Make” Men Out of Boys. Maturity Is Begotten Not Made. 01 25 2017
- Made for Greatness? 01 11 2017
- Facebook Makes Us Blind Pharisees 01 10 2017
- Wise Men, The Nothingness of Eastern Religions, and the Somethingness of Christianity 01 07 2017
- Catholic Churches to Men: “You’re Not Welcome Here.” 12 28 2016
- Leisure: The Basis of Manliness 12 12 2016
- What Becoming a Father or Mentor Will Do to You 12 05 2016
- The Transgender Movement Is Especially Dangerous for Boys 11 23 2016
- Dear Men, Without You Boys CANNOT Be Virtuous – Here’s What to Do 11 03 2016
- How Men’s and Family Ministry Can Save Youth Ministry from Itself 10 10 2016
- Who Is YOUR Son’s Mentor? 09 22 2016
- Technology, The Biology of Fatherhood and The Anti-Christ 09 20 2016
- Good Fathers Are NOT Enough 09 06 2016
- Work, Tools and Being a Man 08 11 2016
- Monks Disgraced by Big Government and Your Need to Wake Earlier 08 05 2016
- What is a Man of Faith? 07 25 2016
- Being a Man in a Church Who Is Bride 06 02 2016
- Zika – Proof Women Are Not Equal to Men 04 01 2016
- 7 Tips for the Beginning Homesteader 03 10 2016
- Old Lessons for the New Evangelization 02 24 2016
- True Mentoring 01 22 2016
- Dangers of Technology – Not Just Porn 12 14 2015
- The Sin of Lust: How Serious Is It? Part II 04 13 2015
Author's Videos
- Show Them Your Delight 12 07 2015
- Laying Down Your Life for a Friend 12 07 2015
- American Hero: Roy Benavidez 12 07 2015
- Where Titans Failed 12 07 2015
- What are You Asked to Do? 12 07 2015
- Dads, Stay at Home! 10 08 2015
- General Grant and St. Peter 10 08 2015
- “I Just Need…” 10 08 2015
- General Grant on Being Prepared 09 29 2015
- Men & Husbands, Take Responsibility 09 29 2015
- Mark Twain and Death 09 29 2015
- Messy House 09 29 2015
- Lord Baden-Powell 09 29 2015
- Something Every Catholic Man Should Know: Fr. William Corby 09 21 2015