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By Joseph Sunde
The American economy has undergone a range of transitions, from agrarian to industrial to information-driven. Given our new-found status, manual labor is increasingly cast down in the popular imagination, replaced by romanticized dreams about white-collar jobs, bachelor’s degrees, and ladder-climbing of a similar sort.
Whether…
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By Joe Carter
In 1958, Leonard Read published his famous essay, “I, Pencil.” The original essay was written from the perspective of a pencil, explaining why it is as much a creation of God as a tree:
Since only God can make a tree, I insist that only God could make me. Man can no more direct these millions of know-hows to bring me into being…
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This article originally appeared at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. It is republished here with permission.
By Chris Horst
My wife, Alli, and I found our seats in a dimly lit conference room, awaiting the presentation to begin. We were giddy with excitement. This training was our first big step toward becoming foster parents. We…
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By Joseph Sunde
In our efforts to serve others and seek justice in the world, we have a remarkable tendency to fall short, no matter how carefully constructed or well intended our plans may be. Across our culture-making endeavors — whether in the family or work, politics and policymaking — we are easily lured by the contours of our own designs.…
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By Rev. Gregory Jensen
In a recent talk, the Anglican Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, made a number of very good points about the moral and spiritual dangers of consumerism. From a certain perspective, he’s right when he says that consumer society is a “mechanism for distributing unhappiness.” As he says, “When money rules, we remember the…
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By Joseph Sunde
The burgeoning faith-work movement has does a fine job refreshing our thinking about the importance of stewardship in the areas of work and creative service. But one area that continues to suffer neglect is that of the human imagination.
The problem isn’t so much with understanding imagination as a “tool” (which it is), but in…
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