Rico McCahon, Author at The Cornerstone Forum | fostering a whole-hearted faith in a half-hearted world

We tend to think of trauma as something that happens to us—an event, an injury, a loss. But when viewed...

Last week, in Habemus Papam: A Pause in Our Series on Composite Models, we reflected on how the election of...

We will return next week to our ongoing series on trauma, scapegoating, and the formation of the self through remembered...

Generational Formation through Mimetic Lenses We do not inherit desire directly—we inherit models of desire. We watch, absorb, imitate. And...

Why does it so often feel like our deepest wounds come from the people who loved us first? And why—when...

“Do whatever he tells you.”(John 2:5) Why Mary Matters for Mimetic Formation In a world saturated by unstable models —...

This post is part of an ongoing series on mimetic theory and composite models.Last time, we explored St. Augustine and...

A reflection on Fr. Augustine Wetta’s Humility Rules and The Moral Imagination podcast “You don’t need higher self-esteem. You need...

This post is part of an ongoing series on mimetic theory and composite models.Last time, we explored how narrative identity...

In recent decades, the concept of narrative identity has gained cultural traction. We are told that the self is a...

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