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The Most Rev. Leonard Riches (1939-2025): An Appreciation
Here at St. Jude’s, we’re happy and thankful to be a part of the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC), which is now a subjurisdiction of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). And, as I mention those two institutions, I realize that both have been deeply impacted by the Most Reverend Leonard Riches, former Presiding Bishop…

Why Johnny Ivy League can’t read
If things are this bad, what does a university even mean, anyway? What’s its purpose? As a culture, we’ve decided that the university is not a place to learn the truth, grow in virtue, form scholarly saints, produce civilized ladies and gentlemen, or even provide much in terms of vocational training. It has become a…

Richmond is now a city of death
When we take in the whole ugly picture, I think one thing becomes clear: Virginians in general and Richmonders in particular must repent of their sin. The faithful churches of this metropolitan area must cry out in lamentation for this grievous evil and any part we may have played in it. We must support pro-life…

Wright is wrong
Bishop N.T. Wright is one of the most influential scholars of the New Testament alive today, able to write not only for academic audiences but also for popular ones. If I want to gain insight into Second Temple Judaism or the reality and implications of the resurrection of Jesus, Wright is certainly one of the…

Maduro vs. Musk
Nor is our feeling of smallness when titans on the world stage come to rhetorical (hopefully not physical) blows. Perhaps we feel like the pitiful peasants of old—the seemingly forgotten nobodies who never made it into the history books. Perhaps our best course of action is to cheer on Musk as he challenges Maduro’s legitimacy.…

A delusion of Olympic proportions
But the highest sporting authorities in the world are now attempting to walk a tightrope between competitive fairness and sexual liberation. Simply put, men pretending to be women are at an unfair advantage against actual women. Yet, instead of putting down a blanket ban against transgendered athletes, we can find byzantine rules that attempt to…