Reviving Romance in Christian Art
How should the Christian contribute to romantic art? I feel a need to ask my readers to bear with me a…
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My Pastor Complimented Me for Not Reading Fiction
In the Christ-haunted world, imagination is not allowed.
In Defense of Daydreaming
The one thing on which Google, 3M, and Christianity agree. Joseph CunninghamJoseph is a featured Humane Pursuits columnist. He works…
The Astonished Life
The second in a series of five Holy Week posts on the Pray Channel at Humane Pursuits Sarah GreekSarah Greek…
Re: Why Millennials Long for Liturgy
Gracy Olmstead has penned a good piece over at The American Conservative on “Why Millennials Long for Liturgy.” (One of…
Open Loops, Satisfied Soul
Seeking closure in a world where past, present, and future can all disappoint. Sarah GreekSarah Greek is a Missouri millennial…
All I Want for Christmas is Light
A seminarian’s Advent reflections. Barton GingerichBarton Gingerich is a Master of Divinity student at Reformed Episcopal Seminary and a fellow…
A Cranky God
Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber cuts through some of the ways in which we’ve made Christianity too comfortable. Barton GingerichBarton Gingerich…
Politics, Poverty, and the Face of Christ
An encounter with a stranger in need sparks thoughts about public discourse on poverty. Miriel Thomas ReneauMiriel Thomas Reneau is…
The Eternal Lens: Christians and the Press
Should Christians have a humanizing influence on a cynical profession? How? Anne SnyderAnne Snyder is a member of the Humane…
A Church with a Future
Or, Why There’s Nobody Under 30 in Your Church and What to Do About It. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building…
“Gad Sir, You Are a Character!”
Men like my grandfather and Humphrey Bogart give us a glimpse of the right relationship between goodness and shrewdness. Jace…
Work, Part II: An Occupation of Occupation
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone:…
Work, Part I: In Defense of Brass Polishing
“Six days shalt thou labour;” who would have thought that Protestants (with their acclaimed work ethic) needed reminding of that?…
The Moral Element of AIDS
Kevin Vance What’s a good, culturally sensitive westerner to do when culture seems to prevent some Africans from heeding his…
Health Care, Rights, and the USCCB
Kevin Vance In light of the recent health-care debate, Edward Feser has posted a useful primer on the concept of…
Plato and the purpose of knowledge
“[T]he Platonist ideology (at least in the Straussian view) is that its zetetic character is meant as an antidote to…