Articles I write about theology, politics, and place and how the three are interrelated. Contact Me There is no Wealth but Life: Rootedness in an Orphaned World Any social program that attempts to chart the way through late liberalism that doesn't foreground the goodness of life will fail in its aims. Chick-fil-A Chickens Out Chick-fil-A's capitulation to progressive cultural pressure is further proof that excellence in the market is not enough to preserve Christian society. Resisting a Throwaway Culture What Does it Mean to Be Prolife in the Age of Trump? Who Will Rescue America’s Farmers? If conservatives do not put forth policies that show they love the land and the men and women who cultivate it, then those needed citizens will find other champions. The End of Christendom: Notes on the Burning of Notre Dame Rod Dreher is fond of quoting a line from Benedict XVI who has said that the church’s two most powerful evangelistic tools are her art and her saints. Whose Reaganism? Which Republicanism? In an intriguing document published last week at First Things and signed by a number of prominent dissident conservatives, the drafters called for an end to “warmed-over Reaganism.” America’s Farming Crisis, Laid Bare by Midwest Floods A deeper problem lies beneath recent stories of swelling rivers, soggy small towns, and feel-good relief efforts. A Unified Nation Must Rest on Something Real Convenience and comfort can’t hold us together forever. Why We Need Loome Theological Booksellers Old books furnish us with ideas that can challenge and season us as thinkers and help us understand the truths of the Christian religion. The Nature of Christian Love: Sacrifice and Service Christians living in the modern West receive two stories telling them who they are and how they should live. The Irony of Twitter Because social media networks are free to use and subsidized by ads, to use a social network is essentially to consent to making a product of oneself. Read my blog at Mere Orthodoxy
