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Aug 6, 2010 Essay

Writing on the Wall

The mason’s struggle is to bring out potential, without overwriting the created beauty of the earth.

Jun 25, 2010 Essay

Embracing the Paradox

Charles Colson, Andy Crouch, and James Davison Hunter debate our calling to live faithfully. None is entirely right nor entirely wrong. But all three are contributing nuance to the crucial question of how Christians must serve in the public square.

Jun 4, 2010 Essay

Becoming Flannery

Defending Catholicism in the Protestant South, defending the South to New Yorkers disgusted with it, and defending Christianity to literati who find it laughable.

Jun 1, 2010 Essay Skillful living

Love it or Leave it?

Discerning what to hold tightly, what to hold loosely: a rumination on luxury and “royal wastefulness.”

Jun 1, 2010 Essay Skillful living

Kuyper the Mystic

“A Christianity that neglects the mystic element grows cold and congeals.” —Abraham Kuyper.

Why personal piety and public life can coexist.

Jun 1, 2010 Essay Skillful living

What the world needs most is “not” our relevance

If we are to offer our culture what it needs most, we must pull from sources beyond it.

Jun 1, 2010 Essay Skillful living

Jesus the Tekton

Making what is needed, restoring what is broken. Could Jesus’ humanity by reflected more authentically than in his role as a carpenter?

Jun 1, 2010 Essay Skillful living

Art After Fifth Grade

Understanding the production and distribution mechanisms whirring underneath the “art world.”

Mar 1, 2010 Essay The story

Two Kingdoms and Cultural Obedience

Creation is much more than a probationary order with no enduring significance.

Mar 1, 2010 Essay The story

2010 Comment Manifesto: Wonder, Heartbreak and Hope

2010 Comment Manifesto