Articles

I write about theology, politics, and place and how the three are interrelated.

To Consume

The dominant cultural motif of consumption is an acid that harms virtually everything it touches.
Mere Orthodoxy

The Right Instructions

On why it is essential that we adopt a non-anxious, actually adult-like posture in a moment of deep uncertainty.
Mere Orthodoxy

Tolkien Was Right: Notes on the Respect for Marriage Act and the Post-Boomer Church

On why you shouldn't support the respect for marriage act (RFMA)
Mere Orthodoxy

Christianity Against the Civilizational States

Our emerging cultural order will present far sharper, more direct challenges to Christians seeking to live faithfully.
Mere Orthodoxy

Threnody for a Good Man

An obituary for a family friend
Mere Orthodoxy

Panic

When panic is our primary mode of public engagement, we simply guarantee our own failure and long-term irrelevance.
Mere Orthodoxy

On Mr. Berry and Professor Jennings

If you compare Wendell Berry's past writing on race with the work of Willie Jennings, the similarities are striking.
Commonplaces

Small Groups and Being Human

The types of community many churches are seeking to provide are mostly not the forms of community people most need right now.
Commonplaces

Alternatives to Culture War

How to engage culture war issues without culture war methodology
Commonplaces

Haunted by Mars Hill(s)

American evangelicals are haunted by the fear of two different Mars Hills.
Commonplaces

Networks and Institutions

Our current moment is seeing a shift away from institutions as the dominant form of formalized human gatherings and toward dispersed digital networks.
Commonplaces

HR Goes to Church

When we chiefly interpret church community through the lens of human resources, the community suffers and splinters.
Commonplaces

Church and the Therapeutic, Ctd.

Further notes on the church's captivity to therapeutic rhetoric and concepts
Commonplaces

Tolkien, Marriage, Liberalism

Further notes on Tolkien and marriage
Commonplaces

Tech and Leadership

What happens when our institutional leaders are shaped primarily on digital networks?
Commonplaces