Reminders from Boethius for the end of year.
The Arena
The story of 2024 in Current features
Documenting the year that is coming to an end through Current essays.
My children’s favorite book of 2024 is…
Cheeky penguins win the day–and year.
Reads of the year for the HIP (Harried Intellectual Parent): 2024
What are HIPs (Harried Intellectual Parents) reading this year?
Ebenezer Scrooge and the shanty band
A shanty band singing about Scrooge reminds us of the things a community ought to believe at Christmastime.
Some of our favorite things III: Current writers and editors reflect on 2024 (conclusion)
Current writers and editors conclude their reflections on favorite things from 2024! (And check out Part I and Part II) *** Jay Green As the co-founder of a “little magazine,” I feel like something of a traitor to my class. Aside from […]
Interview: Robert Edwards on John Chrysostom’s Consolation to Stagirius
What one Church Father’s advice to a suffering monk can teach us now.
Our favorite essays of 2024 from other little magazines
More of our favorite things!
Some of our favorite things II: Current writers and editors reflect on 2024
The beauty that made 2024 for us
Some of our favorite things I: Current writers and editors reflect on 2024
These are a few of our favorite things from 2024.
Mistaken anger and mistaken identities
Anger is the kind of seasoning that needs to be used sparingly.
Interview: Timothy Larsen on Twelve Classic Christmas Stories
Timothy Larsen brings (more) Christmas (books) cheer!
Interview: David Anthony Basham on Paul, the Temple, and Building a Metaphor
Like Jesus, everyone has their “Paul.”
Other (other) Christmas movies
There are many more great Christmas movies, if you just think outside the box.
“The After Virtue cabinet”
“Who will watch the watchmen themselves?”
Farewell for now
The 2025 circus will be fascinating to watch, and this is my note to Current readers that I’ll now be at a different vantage point.
2024 in 25 Current book reviews
What’s the measure of this year? A story in Current book reviews.
Blessing of Unicorns: education, hope, Gladiator II, and homemakers
One Unicorn could be just a figment of your imagination. Herd several together, and you get a Blessing of Unicorns upon your day. This week’s Unicorns consider education, Byung-Chul Han on hope, historical inaccuracies of the new Gladiator film (I’m […]
Julie Durbin invites students to “A Way of Pilgrimage in the World.”
What students need to learn is more than just information—a what. What they need is a how and with whom—a way of pilgrimage in the world.
Wreckers
The temptation to be a Wrecker is strong. Augustine reminds us a better way.