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January 2016

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 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 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 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...

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 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 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 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 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...

October 07, 2015

How God and Man Make a Sandwich

By Joe Carter In 1958, Leonard Read published his brilliant essay, “I, Pencil.” Read’s original essay...

October 06, 2015

The Magic of the Small Town Barbershop

By Chris Horst I pushed open the door of Center Court Barbershop and sat down,...

October 05, 2015

Now Available: Lester DeKoster’s ‘Work,’ Re-Issued with New Afterword

By Joseph Sunde Originally written in 1982, Lester DeKoster’s small book,Work: The Meaning of Your...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

VIDEO: What Causes the Poverty Of Nations?

The Acton Institute recently had the privilege of hosting theologian Wayne Grudem and economist Barry Asmus,...

September 23, 2015

These Prisoners Are Finding Purpose Through Welding (And So Could You)

By Joseph Sunde With the rise of the information economy, many millennials have steered clear...

September 10, 2015

Work Plants the Seed; Civilization Reaps the Harvest

By Lester DeKoster The following is an adapted excerpt from Work: The Meaning of Your Life by...

September 09, 2015

What a Fingerless Goldsmith Can Teach Us About the Mirage of Disability

By Joseph Sunde Annette Gabbedy is a business owner and an expert designer and goldsmith. She was also...

September 03, 2015

Work: When the Journey is Too Much

By Evan Koons Work, by its very nature, is gift-giving! It is is a mysterious collaboration of harmony...

August 2015

August 24, 2015

3 Things I Wish Pope Francis Knew About A Free Economy

By Joe Carter Pope Francis has said that he’s generally “allergic” to financial matters. Yet...

August 18, 2015

5 Things Craigslist Teaches Us About The Beauty of Trade

By Joseph Sunde I’ve been a Craigslist fan for years, using it for everything from snagging free...

August 10, 2015

Retrenchment, Revision, and Renewal: 3 Futures for Evangelicalism in America

This post originally appeared as part of a Patheos symposium on the future evangelicalism. It has been modified...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Finding Flourishing in Japanese-American Internment Camps

By Elise Hilton It is a disturbing part of American history: the internment of American...

July 23, 2015

All About That Bass: 3 Things I Learned about the Economy of Wisdom from Victor Wooten

By Evan Koons I’m going to something a bit different in this post. I’m going...

July 21, 2015

Made in China: A Mark of Shame?

By Chris Horst Last year, I attended a generosity conference in Hong Kong. At a break, I...

July 14, 2015

Entrepreneurial Stewardship: Owner Gives Away Millions to Employees

By Sarah Stanley Employees of the Huizenga Automation Group got a great surprise last spring....