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Oct 7, 2005

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Humanity was most fragile of all

Of Hurricane Katrina it has been said that her destruction was of biblical proportions. Since the devastation hit a week ago, it is a biblical verse that has seemed to put some proportion around what happened on the Gulf Coast. Psalm 103: As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.

Oct 7, 2005

“Comment” Recommends: Soups

Brian's Butternut Squash Soup (serves 6-8)Ingredients: 6-8 cups chopped butternut squash (you can leave the rind on) 2 medium onions, chopped 1 chipotle pepper (not a whole can, just a single pepper) 6-8 cups chicken stock 4 cloves of garlic 1 can coconut cream Salt...

Sep 23, 2005

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Agrarianism is misguided: another reply

“There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,” but should farming be exalted above other vocations? Does farming have any more claim on godliness than cleanliness? Scholtens argues that agrarianism is fundamentally flawed in three ways.

Sep 9, 2005

What would Pearson do?

Isolationism is irrelevant. Realism no longer holds sway. Democratic internationalism has won the argument. But now, the debate is over how democratic internationalism can be legitimately implemented. Through the United Nations? By way of American-led multilateralism? Consider Pearson.

Aug 19, 2005

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The Spirit and institution-building

To be sure, the Spirit’s transforming work among the people of God is vital to considering human organizations, and I will not neglect it here. Before entering familiar territory, however, we must begin elsewhere. There is more to the Spirit’s work than regeneration and sanctification. The Spirit fulfills an unacknowledged, foundational role in the arduous task of institution-building.