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Chris KrychoFeaturedEconomics and BusinessFormationJournalJournal 3

The Great Unmooring - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Richard Sennett. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: WW Norton, 2000. 176pp, $15.99. Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel. Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from […]

Rory GrovesFamilyFeaturedFormationJournalJournal 3

The Discipleship of Work - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When we moved to our farm several years ago with a toddler and newborn in tow, we mainly had it in mind to experience a bit of the country life: to plant a large garden and perhaps raise a few […]

Andrew ArndtFeaturedFormation

The Cross in Our Calling: A Reflection on Mary's Magnificat - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Mary is chosen for the sacred work of bearing the Incarnate Son of God, and the unforgettable words we know as The Magnificat come tumbling out: And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God […]

Andrew ArndtFeaturedFormation

What Can Contemporary Christians Learn from the Desert Fathers and Mothers? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I am a working pastor. That means that I have joined the company of those for whom the care of souls is the sum and substance of the job description. It is our life’s preoccupation, our central work.

Cameron ShafferFeaturedChurchEvangelicalismFormation

Our Spiritual Malaise - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“There are some people [that] tell us that they are tremendously interested in the gospel as a point of view, as a Christian philosophy…Christianity is to them a matter of tremendous interest and they believe and proclaim that if only […]

Jake MeadorFamilyFeaturedFormation

Threnody for a Good Man - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Mat Feltner died at a hospital in Lincoln this week. Obviously it wasn’t Feltner himself — he lives nowhere outside of the mind of Wendell Berry, the pages of his novels, and the imaginations of the many thousands of us […]

Patrick MillerFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Speech Without Accountability: Reckoning with Anonymous Christian Trolls - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Our church invited Aimee Byrd to speak on Sunday morning several weeks ago. It wasn’t the first time. It won’t be the last time. While we only ordain men, we also allow non-ordained individuals to teach our congregation periodically—including women. […]

Rachel Roth AldhizerFamilyFeaturedFormation

The Contradiction of Healing Prayer - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” I think about this verse often. I am not sure who counts as a righteous person, and I’m not sure how to qualify “working.” The sentence before […]

Matthew WileyFeaturedEvangelicalismhealthFormation

Seminary Anxiety - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Everyone here bites their nails. I first noticed this last Fall and the realization was at once troubling and consoling. Troubling, because this is a child’s bad habit; consoling, because at least I’m not the only one who hasn’t used […]

Mitch EastBibleFeaturedFormation

This Is My Body Given for You - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

On the night Christ was betrayed by Judas, Our Lord celebrated the Passover with all of his brothers, including the traitor himself. Other than the disciple Jesus loved, eleven of His chosen men would later abandon him. In light of […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Evangelization After the Secular Sabbath - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

For Christians of a certain age, I expect a certain kind of Christian testimony will sound familiar: You grow up in a home with both of your biological parents (who are married), you grow up in and around the church, […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchFormation

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