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June 2014

June 03, 2014

The Human Mystique

This fall, more than 200 Christian women met at the American Bible Society in...

May 2014

May 16, 2014

What We Talk About When We Talk About Ambition

When it comes to ambition, it sometimes seems that feeding our egos means starving our...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Friendship and Vocation

A few years ago, Gallup asked employees in 152 organizations in 26 countries whether they...

August 20, 2013

Miscellany and Divine Transcendence

In the summer issue of Fare Forward, due out shortly, my essay on “Cancer and...

August 16, 2013

Charles Murray, Dorothy Day, and Embedded Journalism

One of the things we try to do with Fare Forward is find, learn from,...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Short-term Missions, Long-term Places

The Gospel Coalition recently posted an article by Darren Carlson entitled “Why You Should Consider...

May 2013

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 21, 2013

Calling and Responsibility

In reading a recent post on John Wesley’s failed marriage, I was reminded of a similar...

April 13, 2013

The Elite and the Elect

College decisions season has arrived, and this year, one student took a very public approach...

April 03, 2013

Ethics, Tribal and Global

We live in a moment that is at once pervaded by guilt and dismissive...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

The Commodification of the Written Word and the Future of Journalism

In a blog post published last week by marketing giant HubSpot, CMO Mike Volpe explained...

March 12, 2013

What to do with FOMO?

Throughout college and in the post-college years many people have told me to “try...