The Archive
Jake Meador
Tyler Cowen thinks it is #actually good to own things instead of pay monthly subscription fees. He's almost certainly right.
Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity
The whole crew gathers to discuss what it means to trust responsibly inside of fallen institutions and a fallen world, and what people might and must do to restore trustworthiness
Matthew LoftusCulture
I’ve longed followed Jackson Wu and his writings about honor and shame in the Bible and missions, so I’m pleased to see he’s published a longer article with a more comprehensive look at the subject: Everyone agrees shame is a pervasive […]
Jake Meador
Sacasas: It is not just the technological tools available to us that deform us; it is also the desire for attention we have which these tools encourage.
Susannah Black and Jake MeadorMere O Toast
If different internet famous Christians decided to pull a Bryan Colangelo, what would their alt handles be? What would they use their accounts to do?
Matthew Loftus
Eve Tushnet digs into the complicated witness of the saints who have suffered abuse — and how they proclaim Christ, the abused: The saints bear witness to what the Church really is. This is not an uncomplicated witness. St. Mary […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture
This is a painful and necessary post from Jason Johnson about foster care and adoption: The new reality of our family, having now adopted that little girl that was once a file on top of a stack, is that we […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyHistoryEducation
This piece about black families in America choosing to homeschool captures many of the elements that families struggle with over the public school system: Yet Fields-Smith made a point of noting the respect black families had for the people running […]
Jake MeadorFeatured
Alan Noble's new book succeeds at being both a description of the world as we experience it and a set of proposals for how Christians should respond.
Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity
Derek, Alastair and Matt take up and read Book 11 of Augustine's Confessions, on time and the Christian life. If you’re interested in supporting the show financially,
Matthew Loftus
Having lived around a lot of vacant lots in Baltimore and seen many that were tinkered with and then abandoned again, this story from Andrea Appleton about a researcher trying to find what grows best, absorbs toxins, and retains stormwater […]
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthicsEconomics
I very much look forward to reading Kyle Edward Williams’ thesis on corporate social responsibility whenever it comes out. For now, he’s got a great piece in the Washington Post on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan to bring responsibility back to corporate […]