In his latest “From the Chapel” blog, OSV publisher Scott Richert writes: “The reason to study history, and to write about it in both fiction and nonfiction, is never just to document what happened but to understand those who came before us
“If, for the Christian, the only legitimate purpose of any kind of writing is to express truth, where does fiction fit in? … Those who write fiction don’t enter into the process with the intention of ‘making things up,’ in the sense
OSV publisher Scott Richert writes in his latest “From the Chapel” post that “for the Christian, the only legitimate purpose of any kind of writing is to express truth. … One difference between a good writer and a bad one — perhaps
In his latest “From the Chapel” post, OSV publisher Scott Richert writes that “when paint is peeling, you can’t simply cover it with a fresh coat. And so you scrape and brush and sand until you’re either down to bare wood or
In his latest “From the Chapel” post, OSV publisher Scott Richert writes: “Our Lord is in his tabernacle, and all is right with the world. Well, at least the first part is true. Yesterday, June 15, Christ returned to the Chapel of
OSV publisher Scott Richert writes in his latest “From the Chapel” post that “Understanding the history of economics can help us recognize the limits of economic “laws”; understanding the history of medicine and virology can help us understand why medical and scientific
In his latest “From the Chapel” post OSV publisher Scott Richert writes that “Today the Church in the United States celebrates the feast of Corpus Christi, of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Christ’s self-sacrifice on the cross, and his
In his latest “From the Chapel” post, OSV publisher Scott Richert writes, “Most of the time, most of us will, alas, act in accordance with our fallen nature. But each one of us has moral agency, and we can choose to act
In his latest “From the Chapel” post, OSV publisher Scott Richert writes that “it has been four months — actually, 13 weeks — since I started writing these reflections. A lot has changed in those 13 weeks. As of March 13, there
As Americans, we’ve become accustomed to quick fixes. In his latest “From the Chapel” post, OSV publisher Scott Richert writes that anything worth having is not built in a day. He writes, “Marriage is built on compromise. Families are built on sacrifice.