Essay

Creation Unfinished

On July 21, 1925, a Tennessee jury convicted John Scopes of teaching evolution. The “Scopes Monkey Trial” has gone down in American history as the caricature of the fight between “religion” and “science.” Why a […]

The Dispatch

Scopes at 100

July 20, 2025 Kathy Schiffer 10

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. —Proverbs 11:29 One hundred years ago, on July 21, 1925, high school teacher John […]

Essay

Losing Green’s Religion

July 20, 2025 Matthew Becklo 19

John Green, the author of the mega-hit The Fault in Our Stars, recently posted a video titled “My Religion.” Green is, by all accounts, a tremendously successful and thoughtful man: He’s a New York Times bestselling author (with […]

Essay

Evangelizing While in Exile

July 19, 2025 Fr. Olek Stirrat 2

During my time in the seminary, I once found myself confiding in my spiritual director. I say “confiding,” but it was more of a gentle moan, the sort one emits when one’s shoes pinch or […]