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Sep 10, 2012 Uncategorized

The Essential Story

From what stance can we call others to virtue if our vision of virtue is based on our own self-chosen Story? When someone asks, “Why should I listen to you?” or, in the language of a two-year-old, “Who made you the boss of me?” what can we say?

Sep 7, 2012 Uncategorized

The Absurdity of Reconciliation

Religion is key in the work of reconciliation precisely because when it comes to the ineffable absurdity of “why,” the state, like the three friends of Job, is better suited to silence.

Sep 5, 2012 Uncategorized

The Gospel According to Dickens

Given our tendency to read Dickens as a secular novelist, we may be surprised by how frequently Dickens does indeed speak about faith in his fiction.

Sep 3, 2012 Uncategorized

It Is No Shame to Work for Money

When it comes to compensation, how should employees and employers respond, inwardly and outwardly? What does a faithful “pay posture” look like? And what are some of the spiritual challenges associated with monetary rewards?

Aug 31, 2012 Uncategorized

Mourning A Cosmopolitan Culture: Helen Gurley Brown’s Legacy of Lies

She’s credited with single-handedly removing God, guilt, and any cultural taboo associated with sex outside of marriage. I am stunned that no one at CNN, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, or Salon has any helpful moral critique of her portrayal of what’s “good”.

Aug 29, 2012 Uncategorized

Church Practices and Public Life: Membership, Rum Clubs, and the Scandal of the Gospel

The church is a new-kinship reality, wherein all people are heard and dignified so that its membership practices might inform public life beyond the walls of the church.