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What did Christianity look like at the edge of the world? In a land of wildness and deep magic, a land where the spirit world was known to be nearer and less controllable than many wanted to believe, Christianity took root by matching wildness to wildness, by overwhelming and directing these magical impulses to their proper ends. This St. Patrick’s Day, Fr. Hayden and I revisit the story of St. Patrick and the form of Christianity that emerged from his mission to the Irish, asking if this might be the spiritual tradition we most need in our own time. Let’s pod!