The Government on His Shoulders
The possibility of genuine politics begins with the first Christmas, with the Incarnation. It is finally and only here that we see there might actually be a peaceable Prince of all the world.
Perhaps The Time Has Come
Should we cut the final Constantinian tether by which the priest serves simultaneously as civil agent?
On Politics and Nature: The Birds of the Air Will Tell You
It is a source of comfort — or it should be! — to the Christian, that he with whom we have to do sits on his throne with sovereign attention, and that the whole cosmic drama is resolving itself toward a grand reconciliation with its creator through the cross of Jesus (cf. Colossians 1:19-20). And through it all our task remains the same: fidelity.
Wendell Berry, Poet and Prophet
Wendell Berry, this great Bard — as great an American voice as Thoreau’s or Whitman’s — assumes that the reality before and all around us in nature is infinitely complex and therefore cannot be fully comprehended by any human intellect.
The Future of Liberalism: Patrick Deneen and Tucker Carlson
How do we pursue the common good when we can’t see beyond our custom commercial and entertainment options that are always increasing and never satisfying?
Joseph and the Politics of Uncertainty
In a safe country, with the rule of law, a citizen can ignore politics. In a country without predictability, a citizen has to watch and worry.
Speaking of the Dead
I am disturbed that any Christian — among the laity or ordained — would demonize a newly departed Christian soul.
Repentance and Blessing: The Political Posture of the Church
If we genuinely seek the welfare of our cities, the work will only rightly begin as we repent and seek God’s refashioning of our lives — and that of our neighbors.