The Archive
Justin N. PoythressFormation
To be drawn out of oneself is a great good, but the goal of such meditation is not detachment from the world, but attunement to the world and its giver.
Jake MeadorCultureBooks
We often do not think of democratic liberalism has possessing its own sort of moral excellencies, yet the model of George Smiley suggests that we should.
Gillis HarpCulture
The lack of careful, historically informed Christian reflection regarding civic engagement has had harmful consequences for both church and culture.
Paul J. PastorPoetryJournalWinter 2026
To open our hands and not ask why is sometimes one of the best things we can do.
Chris SibbenTechnologyEducationFormation
Generative AI can mimic the traces of a mind at work, but it cannot replicate the slow, difficult formation of a human soul.
Lucy S. R. AustenBooksJournalWinter 2026
The history of the book shows us that human frailty and cruelty have led to horrors, and that human goodness and strength have created powerful change for the better.
Jake MeadorBooks
For Berry and the Christian tradition, authentic political community is a thing that can be created, not merely something that arises from nature.
Cameron ShafferFamily
We did not get to all the questions in our recent book forum with Cameron Shaffer. So he provided written answers to several final questions.
Katy CarlBooks
Can story outdo wrongheaded calculation, political machination, and ideological influence, all to awaken and regenerate our capacity to choose the good?
Andrew KaufmannBooks
Scialabba's wandering meditation on hope is not without flaws, yet it remains instructive and worth engaging on many distinct levels.
Elisabeth Lasch-QuinnBooks
If we have loved something good with a deep and faithful love, then even if that thing is lost, we still have cause for gratitude.
Alex KneenPoetry
An Easter psalm by Alex Kneen