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May 2013

May 08, 2013

The Real Case Against the Suburbs, or, How Ought Christians to Think About the Common Good?

Over at Mere O, Keith Miller has been kind enough to respond to a piece...

May 03, 2013

Should We Buy Houses?

At the end of yesterday's post, the editors called for a renewed attempt to distinguish...

May 02, 2013

The “New Legalism” Gets Some Things Right

On the Acton Blog, Anthony Bradley argues that "radical" or "missional" Christianity, of the kind...

April 2013

April 18, 2013

Why Don’t We Talk About Friendship More?

This weekend, I was blessed to have the opportunity to hear Wesley Hill, the author of Washed...

April 16, 2013

The Decline of Dawkins and the Dawn of Deliberative Doubt

In March 2012, a crowd of atheists flocked to the National Mall in Washington, DC...

April 10, 2013

Overemphasizing Spiritual Abuse?

Yesterday I discovered this thought-provoking interview on abusive religious groups. The interviewee, Samantha Field...

April 02, 2013

Finding Bigfoot and Losing Cynicism

Sunday was the season two finale of Animal Planet’s hit series “Finding Bigfoot.” I watched...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Family Stories and the Narrative of Christ

Christianity is in large part a narrative, a story, and the psychological implications of that may...

March 07, 2013

March Madness Fare Forward Edition

Every March tons of Americans make brackets of all the competing teams in the NCAA Men's Division I...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

The Panopticon is Busted

I’m reviewing James K.A. Smith’s new book, Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works, for the...