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December 2016

December 19, 2016

The 6 Elves of Capitalism

By Joseph Sunde In “The Elves and the Shoemaker,” the famous fairy tale by the Brothers...

September 2016

September 07, 2016

Spiritual Change in the Great Enrichment

By Joseph Sunde In Dierdre McCloskey’s latest book, Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or...

March 2016

March 23, 2016

Economy of Wisdom: Four Questions of Christian Education

By Anthony Bradley One of the advantages of living in a free society is that...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Seeking Justice Must Always Be Personal

By Joseph Sunde Conversations about justice tend to quickly devolve into debates over top-down solutions...

November 2015

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...

October 2015

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...

September 2015

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...

August 2015

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 17, 2015

The Messy Vlog

By Evan Koons There are not a lot of differences between family and manure (or...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Lunchbox Markets: A Moral Tale

By Dylan Pahman In the land of PB&J, the girl with a peanut butter and...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Spiritual Competition and the Zero-Sum Game

By Jordan Ballor One of the main criticisms of the market economy leveled by people...

June 03, 2015

Gift, Gratitude, and the Grace of Stewardship

By Jordan Ballor There’s a misunderstanding of the nature of gifts and giving that is...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Work and the Fabric of Civilization

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

April 2015

April 03, 2015

The Monk as Merchant: Economic Wisdom from a Desert Hermit

By Dylan Pahman Before Max Weber ever conducted his study of the “Protestant ethic” of hard work...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

‘The Gift of the Magi’ and the Power of Exchange

By Joseph Sunde Amid the wide array of quaint and compelling Christmas tales, O. Henry’s classic...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Everything Really Is Awesome

By Jordan Ballor There’s much for lovers of faith and freedom to appreciate in the new LEGO...

September 16, 2014

The Church’s Call to Steward God’s Mission in the World

By Stephen Grabill Although Christians across denominational lines often use stewardship language to describe our...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Made to Trade

By Jordan Ballor Something as mundane as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich has something...