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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.

Aug 5, 2005

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The destructive power of good

12.3 million people work in slave-like conditions in the world of human trafficking. Philanthropic activist Heidi Metcalf offers a glimpse into this dark world in which the humanity of its victims remains, intact. Heidi Metcalf works with the philanthropic organization Geneva Global, Inc.

Aug 5, 2005

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North America and the New Christendom

The center of gravity in the Christian world has shifted inexorably southward, to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. What does this mean for North American neocalvinists?
Gideon Strauss is the editor of Comment.