What happens when power protects itself? In this episode of Via Media, +Brian Ernest Brown explores what we call “the Epstein Class,” a culture where wealth, influence, and connections blur accountability and test our moral courage. This is not about left or right. It’s about conscience. About the danger of…
Category: Faith, Conscience & Common Good
The Via Media where faith meets politics and conscience walks the middle way. Confronting both the Church and Caesar with the Social Gospel by naming injustice, resisting empire, and calling the faithful back to the liberating mercy of Jesus.
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An Anti Christ in His Own Words Chapter 3 Lust “When You’re a Star, They Let You Do It”
Chapter Three: Lust — “When You’re a Star, They Let You Do It” In this episode of An Anti-Christ in His Own Words, we examine the sin of lust—not just as desire, but as the misuse of power that reduces people to objects. The world says: “When you’re a star,…
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Behind the Scenes: An Anti-Christ in His Own Words Podcast Series Chapter 3 Lust
Recording Chapter Three on Lust was different from the others. It wasn’t just intellectually demanding, it was physically and spiritually draining. There’s something about sitting with that kind of material, reading it, repeating it, and reflecting on it aloud, that takes a toll. By the time I finished recording, I…
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An Anti-Christ In His Own Words: Chapter 2 Greed “The Point Is, You Can’t Be Too Greedy”
Chapter Two: Greed “The Point Is, You Can’t Be Too Greedy” In this second chapter of An Anti-Christ in His Own Words, we turn our attention to one of the oldest and most corrosive sins in the human story: greed. Greed is never satisfied. It always wants more, more power,…
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An Anti-Christ In His Own Words: Chapter 1 Pride “I Alone Can Fix It”
In this episode of An Anti-Christ in His Own Words, Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown explores the first of the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride. Drawing from Donald J. Trump’s own public statements and the long Christian tradition of moral reflection, this episode examines how pride manifests in public life, leadership,…
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An Anti-Christ In His Own Words Podcast – Episode 1: Dedication and Prologue
An Anti-Christ In His Own Words – Episode 1: Dedication & Prologue Welcome to the first episode of An Anti-Christ In His Own Words. In this opening installment, I share the dedication behind this series and introduce the Prologue: “By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them.” We begin by grounding…
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Not Becoming What We Oppose
It’s easy enough to speak about loving one another when “one another” looks like us, thinks like us, or suffers alongside us. It is much harder when the “other” is someone we believe has caused deep harm, someone powerful, wealthy, insulated, and seemingly untouched by the consequences of their own…
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The Church Must Be Salt Against the Ice
The Church Must Be Salt Against the Ice By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Beloved of God, It is winter in the United States. Across the country, the land is held in the frigid grip of snow and ice. And anyone who has lived through winter knows this: snow can be…
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Works of Mercy as a Way of Life: A Reflection for the Feast of Dorothy Day
Works of Mercy as a Way of Life: A Reflection for the Feast of Dorothy Day By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Today the Church remembers Dorothy Day, journalist, mystic, troublemaker, penitent, prophet. And for those of us in the Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ, this feast day is…
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Two Wings of the Same Bird
Two Wings of the Same Bird: The Wisdom of Conservatism, Liberalism, and the Danger of Retributive PoliticsBy +Brian Ernest Brown There is an old metaphor that says a nation needs two wings to fly. Not one. Not one pretending to be two. But two wings, strong, balanced, countering and complementing…