Wonder and stewardship Each episode of Our Planet (2019) opens with the same dazzling image. The camera is in space, hovering above the surface of…
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Tom Standage; 2005)
Drinking over time This book is good summer reading—a story full of odd facts, fascinating historical connections and humorous anecdotes that I didn’t really…
Race, Economics and Apologetics: Is There a Connection? (Luke Bobo; 2019)
Books / Community / Pluralistic World / Scripture
Embodying the gospel Margie and I heard Luke Bobo—no stranger to the pages of Critique—speak on this topic and hoped to publish his talk.…
Musing on the Physical
Reading the Word: Musing on the physical Some natural beauty is quiet and surprising, like the tiny flower with delicate white petals and bright yellow…
In Praise of Wasting Time (Alan Lightman, 2018)
The pace of kingdom living Alan Lightman, novelist and physicist at MIT, thinks we need to slow down and reflect on how our lives…
Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Matthew Kaemingk, 2018)
Books / Community / Hospitality / Pluralistic World
Welcoming Muslims Everyone knows that immigration is a divisive topic today. In America, Europe and beyond massive numbers of people are on the move…
Random reflections on lying
Discernment / Faith / Maturity and Flourishing / Scripture
“I’d like to move next February,” my mother told me. She looked me in the eye intently and repeated herself. “I’m going to move…
Graceful Social Justice: CreatureKind and the Ethics of Food
Creation / Maturity and Flourishing / Ordinary Life
Environmentalists come in different flavors. There are dirt environmentalists like Rachel Carson and Wendell Berry. There are ice environmentalists like Al Gore focusing on…
Engaging My Opponent: Spiritual Healing for Broken Public Discourse
Community / Discernment / Spirituality
During the seven years that I studied and worked in Washington, DC, I became familiar with a notorious term: “The Beltway.” If you have…
Sudden Death
Community / Family / Ordinary Life
Sudden Death Looking back to November of last year with all the cantankerousness and incivility of mid-term elections, on the day we voted we…