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Jun 29, 2011 Essay

Taking the Game a Little More Seriously

Like a gang or a platoon of soldiers, a sports team forms its members. The question is this: is it forming to the right end?

Jun 2, 2011 Essay Summer reading

I know what you read last summer

High-brow or low-brow, genre or literary, timeless or trendy—read what you like.

Apr 8, 2011 Essay

The Art of the Spreadsheet

What we miss when we limit creativity to “the arts” is the innumerable ways that humans express their creative nature in all kinds of work.

Mar 18, 2011 Essay

The Art of Friendship

I spent my entire twenties searching for the ideal, elite, Inkling-like friendship . . . and living with a loneliness that I was afraid publicly to admit.

Mar 1, 2011 Essay Letters to the Young

WikiLeaks, WikiLeakers, and WikiEthics

WikiLeaks is neither laudatory nor brave. On balance, it is a force for serious harm even allowing that it could entail some good.

Mar 1, 2011 Essay Letters to the Young

Letter to a Young Pastor

As I recall Eugene Peterson writing once, teaching and preaching is the kind of talk that produces new people.

Mar 1, 2011 Essay Letters to the Young

Letter to a Young Curmudgeon

As a species, we are Homo Hearing Disabled. We are the eternal kid at the back of the classroom staring out the window while God himself is telling us what we need to know for the exam.

Mar 1, 2011 Essay Letters to the Young

Writing law school exams for the first time can be intimidating. People will become a little secretive and competitive. Rest assured, most of this will pass and you’ll come back from Christmas break to a group of civil individuals.

Mar 1, 2011 Essay Letters to the Young

Letter to a Young Philosopher

The New Atheists are just the tip of the iceberg: much of academia, the world of learning, and the cultural elite are hostile to Christian belief. The Christian community needs Christian philosophers to point this out, and to point out further that the alleged reasons underlying this hostility are not at all impressive—they are wholly underwhelming.

Mar 1, 2011 Essay Letters to the Young

Letter to a Young Film Critic

We don’t need another plot summary. We need moviegoing dieticians to teach us discernment without spoiling enjoyment. Prove to us that absurdist comedies, historical epics, and cheesy romances can be relevant to our lives.

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Taking the Game a Little More Seriously

I know what you read last summer

The Art of the Spreadsheet

The Art of Friendship

WikiLeaks, WikiLeakers, and WikiEthics

Letter to a Young Pastor

Letter to a Young Curmudgeon

Letter to a Young Law Student

Letter to a Young Philosopher

Letter to a Young Film Critic

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