Wilson-Hartgrove, Vanier, and Hauerwas

It’s great to see Jean Vanier and the L’Arch communities getting so much attention in the blogs lately.  Notable is Jonathan Wils0n-Hartgrove’s interview of Vanier and Stanley Hauerwas on their recent book, Living Gently in a Violent World, in the April edition of Sojourners.
Wilson-Hartgrove: You write in Living Gently in a Violent World about the [...]

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Why You Should Still Read Reinhold Niebuhr

You’d probably be safe in dismissing his younger brother, H. Richard, whose work was learned and heartfelt, but is by now mostly either outdated or discredited.  But any Christian with interest in the issues of ethics and politics will still learn a great deal form Reinhold.  If nothing else, his work is full of aphorisms [...]

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The Seamless Garment: A Consistent Ethic of Human Life

I was appalled to notice an old friends status update on Facebook that read “Obama: pro-death, McCain: Pro-Life.  The moral issues are clear.”  Right away, I dropped the smarmy response, “Yeah dude, Capital Punishment and the Bush Doctrine – that’s my kind of Pro-Life!”  I didn’t want to leave it at that, so  I went [...]

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Eugene McCarraher on Political Virtue

Eugene McCarraher is building a name for himself by his indelibly scathing reviews of intellectual poseurs. A while back he lambasted Christopher Hitchens in a memorable review entitle “This Book Is Not Good.” In this month’s Books & Culture, he unleashes his critical eye and devastating wit on Deidre N. McCloskey’s new book, [...]

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Church Education (Christian Life)

This week it was my turn to lead the Roots & Growth time after church. This is our fledgling attempt at doing Church education. What we’ve begun with is an overview of some of the common points of doctrine, devoting an hour each Sunday to discussing a given topic. An hour is [...]

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