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Jared Staudt

R. Jared Staudt, PhD, is a husband and father of six, Director of Content for Exodus 90, a Benedictine oblate, prolific writer, and insatiable reader.
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Why We Need Lent: Advice from St. Benedict

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Lent shouldn’t be necessary. That’s what St. Benedict of Nursia, the great father of monks, thought at least. Jesus commanded us to deny ourselves and...
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The Priority and Cost of Fruitfulness

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We often ask what God wants for us. Even if he doesn’t often tell us the details, we can be sure, whatever our vocation,...
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Why You Should Visit a Monastery

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In his Rule, St. Benedict remarks that a monastery is never without guests. Though he wrote this line 1,500 years ago, the monastery remains...
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Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Desert: Bishop Varden on the Desert Fathers

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Jesus told us we must “seek first the kingdom,” but where should we find it? In the ancient world, St. Antony the Great inspired...
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Christmas

Martyrdom and Celebration: The Beautiful Tension of the Christmas Octave

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We keep things in discreet categories in our culture. Religion too often remains within the church's walls, kept apart from the forces that drive...
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Advent

Finding Myself in the Manger: How Christmas Turns the World Right Side Up

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Where would we be now without the first Christmas? 2025 years ago, God became man, and it changed everything. We take the beloved manger scene...
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Good and Bad Sinicization: The Future of the Church in China

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Each generation must fight the battle anew. After watching the Berlin Wall fall in 1989, it seemed like Communism was on its heels. Today,...
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The Power of Images in an Iconoclast Culture

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“You were without hope in the world.” This is how Paul describes the Ephesian Christians before their conversion, stuck in the darkness of sin...
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Hurricane Helene: Subsidiarity and Solidarity in Action

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Winds of about 30 miles an hour, I read, checking the weather the evening of September 26th. The next morning, after a calm hour...
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The Real Goal: Human Dignity, Local Community and the Common Good

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“It’s the economy, stupid.” That’s what we’ve heard really matters in our elections. Economic growth and the consequent effects on our standard of living. It’s...
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