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November 2018

November 16, 2018

The Antifragile Pastor

The good folks at CrossPolitic just published an essay of mine. Here's how it starts,...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

The Big Short: A Little Reminder

This review was originally published at Patheos February 1, 2016. A year and a half...

September 2017

September 07, 2017

A Working House Should Work the Soil

What do you depend upon? We all depend on things, and most (if not all...

June 2017

June 02, 2017

Against the Recreational Household: Part 5, Bringing Productive Property Back Home

Here I am again with yet another ramble. This is the fifth and final one...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Against the Recreational Household, Part 3: What Happened?

Here I am again, with you another of my rambles. This is the third...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

Introducing: “Side Hustles for Pastors”

In my experience young pastors are a little too idealistic to entertain a side hustle...

November 12, 2016

Jack, the Giant, and the Indigestible Bean

A modern fable about love and work. by C. R. Wiley There were giants in...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

New Testament Household Codes and the Problem of Slavery

Slavery is an ignominious fact of history. Historically it was also well-nigh universal. I know you've...

June 2016

June 10, 2016

Serfdom Is Freedom!

When smart people get behind a bad idea you should wonder if you're being scammed....

May 2016

May 06, 2016

On Acquiring a Wife

A wife these days is considered little more than a recreational partner. You can see...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Christianity and Household Economics: a Marriage Made in Heaven

A household is a small, multipurpose institution. It binds men and women to each other...

March 24, 2016

Household Economics Coming to Your Living Room

When I talk about recovering home economics, and especially the centrality of productive property to...

March 11, 2016

The Main Chance and the Mystery of Manliness

If you follow this blog you know that I believe that productive property is the...

March 02, 2016

Tentmaking: It’s Not Just for Missionaries Anymore

I enjoyed a conversation with a retired minister in my church yesterday. During our time...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Two and a Half Cheers for Tiny Houses

I've owned three houses. Besides those I've owned 6 apartment buildings with a total of...

February 17, 2016

Is Gardening Essential for Your Salvation?

I think the biggest benefit of gardening is it grounds you. I really mean that....

February 15, 2016

Organic Before It was Cool

Well, it's February 15th and it was -8 degrees fahrenheit when I got out of...

February 12, 2016

Household Political Economy–what we should be working for

So what in the world is this thing? Let's begin with what it isn't. It...

February 03, 2016

How to Short the Welfare State: Invest in Home Economics

When you think about the economy you probably only include your household as an afterthought....

February 01, 2016

The Big Short: the Rest of the Story

By 2004 I owned real estate in 3 states, had 18 tenants, and two people...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Stirred by Shakers: the Elegant Errors of a Failed Sect

When it comes to the opinion of the people who matter, the Shakers are hip....

January 20, 2016

Are Humans Obsolete?

"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." Orange Catholic...

January 18, 2016

Life After the Welfare State

"This too shall pass." The Sufi poets A few years back Francis Fukuyama published a book...

January 11, 2016

An Introduction to Productive Property

Most people classify themselves as middle-class. This is interesting for at least a couple of...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

Correction: it’s hats for women that Christianity and Islam share in common.

A Christian woman, teaching at an evangelical college, has unintentionally stirred controversy by donning the...

December 04, 2015

Dying Where You’re Planted

Grudgingly, I am coming to accept that you don’t choose the place; the place chooses...

December 03, 2015

Shop Class as Soulcraft & Recovering the Yeoman Aristocracy

I'm not a fan of Ask This Old House, the spin-off of the PBS home...