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January 2016

January 12, 2016

The Trinity and Human Flourishing: A New Ode to Joy

By Charlie Self Followers of Jesus worship a God who is at once the Almighty...

January 11, 2016

Wonder Rush: Coffee, Work, and Showing Up

By Evan Koons I first met Karl Fisher, founder of Alabaster Coffee Roaster + Tea Company,...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

The Church as Cultural Lifeblood

By Joseph Sunde After years of rejecting or downplaying so-called “organized religion,” evangelicals are beginning...

December 28, 2015

Africans Raise Awareness to Aid Frozen Norwegians

By Joe Carter “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, first released in 1984 as part of Band...

December 22, 2015

Kuyper: ‘Think About Your Shepherding’

By Jordan Ballor Over at the Calvinist International I’ve posted the text of a Christmas meditation...

December 21, 2015

Joy for the World: Restoring the Joy of God to Cultural Witness

By Joseph Sunde Over the last century, Christianity has declined in social influence across much...

December 14, 2015

When the Poor Become Generous

By Chris Horst It is more blessed to give than to receive. How many times...

December 10, 2015

The Worst Christmas Song Ever

By Jordan Ballor At this point in the holiday season, whether we like it or...

December 09, 2015

The Camel’s Hump: Rudyard Kipling on Idleness and Hard Work

By Joseph Sunde The other night, I sat down with my kids to read one...

December 07, 2015

Envy in a Time of Inequality

By Samuel Gregg Envy, I’ve often thought, is the very worst human emotion. The epic...

December 02, 2015

Why Being Poor Is Too Expensive

By Joe Carter In the critically acclaimed, though rarely seen, movie Killer of Sheep (1978) there’s a...

December 02, 2015

Why the Gospel Is Necessary in Economic Development

By Joseph Sunde The global conversation on poverty alleviation has taken some interesting turns over...

December 02, 2015

All Is Gift: Buy-One, Give-One Holiday Special!

By Evan Koons As Christmas approaches and we focus on being generous to those we love...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Unemployed at Thanksgiving

By Joe Carter For many people the holiday season is their favorite time of the...

November 25, 2015

Calvin Coolidge and a Thanksgiving of Abundance

By Ray Nothstine My pastor once made the point that the more secular we become as a...

November 19, 2015

Over-Educated and Under-Trained: Mike Rowe on the Need for Philosophizing Welders

By Joseph Sunde Marco Rubio has inspired plenty of chin-stroking over his recent remarks about welders...

November 18, 2015

How Religion is Redistributing the World’s Wealth

By Joe Carter Dramatic religious shifts over the next few decades will change the distribution...

November 17, 2015

The Frontier Spirit of ‘The Martian’

By Dylan Pahman After the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel...

November 12, 2015

Abraham Kuyper’s Public Theology Today

By Jordan Ballor The Acton Institute has launched a new 12-volume series of Kuyper’s works, titled Abraham Kuyper...

November 11, 2015

Raw Craft: The Art of Bookmaking and the Glory of Craftsmanship

By Joseph Sunde Throughout its history, the American economy has transitioned from agrarian to industrial to...

November 10, 2015

What Christians Should Know About Consumption

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Consumerism Gone Wild....

November 05, 2015

There is No Such Thing as ‘The Poor’

By Victor Claar With the recent news that Angus Deaton of Princeton University had won...

November 04, 2015

TerraCyle Founder: ‘I Want To Make A Lot Of Money Doing Good’

By Elise Hilton Starting a business is a risky undertaking. You need money, a product or...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Marriage as Cornerstone: How the Family Is a Foundation for Flourishing

By Joseph Sunde With the expansion of economic freedom and the resulting prosperity, we’ve reached...

October 28, 2015

The Call of the Martian

By Jordan Ballor I recently saw The Martian and was struck by the number of resonant themes...

October 27, 2015

The Moral Dimension of Work

By James V. Schall “The moral foundation of political economy,” to use Lord Acton’s phrase, rests...

October 26, 2015

Life in Exile: Bringing Peace and Prosperity to Rural New York

By Evan Koons We’ve got another testimony for you. This one is from Judilynn Niedercorn...

October 20, 2015

Lester DeKoster’s 3 Dimensions of Work

By Joseph Sunde Lester DeKoster’s short book, Work: The Meaning of Your Life, sets forth a profound...

October 19, 2015

6 Quotes: Angus Deaton on Poverty

By Joe Carter Last week, Princeton economist Angus Deaton won the Nobel prize in economic sciences for...

October 15, 2015

Retailers and the ‘Religion of Consumption’

By Jordan Ballor There’s an intriguing piece in the NYT from last month by Hiroko...

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