The Secular Carnival of the Internet March 16, 2021 Features, Highlight What if we think of the internet, and social media in particular, as a secular version of Mardi Gras or Carnival, in which some features become permanent and others are undone?
Ethics: Forgiveness, in Three Parts March 4, 2021 Features, Highlight Forgiveness is a complex matter that requires discernment, a certain openness, a steadiness in truthful naming, a process over time, and more.
Ethics: Begetting vs. ‘Making’ Children February 19, 2021 Features, Highlight Assisted reproductive technologies can produce both babies and ethical concerns. How should a Christian proceed?
Ethics: The Challenge and Joy of Christ-like Hospitality December 31, 2020 News By E.S. Kempson Hospitality is not what it used to be. Because of COVID the hospitality industry has suffered, meeting friends or family is discouraged or forbidden, and even corporate prayer and worship hav... Read more...
ETHICS: Ageism and the Fear of Death August 5, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features, Highlight An inability to see the coming glory of the kingdom of God in the body and life of those experiencing age points to a poverty in the Church’s eschatological vision.
ETHICS: Guns and the American Story July 6, 2020 Highlight, News Guns have captured the American imagination and have been part of our DNA since the founding of our country.
Economics and COVID-19 May 20, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features, Highlight The trauma of the pandemic has not erased our differences, but has instead revealed how deep-seated our differences are, and how deeply they divide us.
Ethics: The Everyday Matters April 14, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features Ethics is often thought to deal with “big questions” and dramatic choices, but in fact the most important and significant aspects of our lives are found in the everyday.
ETHICS: Homelessness March 27, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features To be homeless is not simply to be without shelter, but to be deprived of the stable foundation and dignity which is basic for living life in all its fullness.
Ethics: Aid in Dying March 17, 2020 News The root theological problem is that “aid in dying” misconceives our life as something we own. But in fact my life is not my possession. My life is a gift; I am a steward of that gift, not an owner; and I am responsible for my stewardship.
