I take it as a given that our standard right/left political dichotomy does not represent a Trinitarian approach to politics at all. I have argued this for quite a number of years now, with no appreciable sign that anything is getting through to anybody who is actually running the show. Nevertheless, let us keep on …
Getting Poetry Back to the People
Yesterday New St. Andrews had the great privilege of hosting Chris Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine, as he addressed us all at our weekly Disputatio. His talk and answers during the Q&A were really informative, and the reading he did of some of his poems was just fabulous. Our Aaron Rench has an interview with …
Robert P. Greedybuckets III
We have already established that wealth can be a blessing from God. But wealth is by no means the highest blessing which God can bestow. As you set your priorities for the vocation of money-management, a number of things should be in line ahead of profit. Before we get money right, we have to get …
No Kidding
“There is no arena in society in which the elite are able to acknowledge themselves unfit to govern” (Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction, p. 202).
Seeking Financial Wisdom
Many Christians tend not to think of their work, their business, their money, as being under the specific authority of God. We acknowledge that He owns it all, in a general way, but when it comes to money we frequently assume He is some kind of an absentee landlord, who doesn’t much mind what we …
Just a Hop and a Jump
“The distance between social democracy and totalitarianism is very short, largely because the latter is implied in the former” (Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction, p. 201).
And Why Mystify the Author’s Father?
Here is some fun news. Nate’s book 100 Cupboards is doing quite well by various indicators. One of the more striking indicators is the matter of foreign rights. Thus far, foreign rights have been picked up for thirteen countries, with others in the works. Translated (heh), that means 100 Cupboards is now slated to show …
The Biggest Reef in the World
“Self-delusion about human nature is the reef waiting to make a wreck out of ideologies that wander out of a narrow channel” (Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction, p. 190).
Although It Isn’t
“It once was considered immoral to take a person’s property for the benefit of others by threatening the use of force, but now inequality is advanced as a greater evil than theft” (Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction, p. 181).
William Wilberfarce
I turned on the news this morning only to see Jeremiah Wright giving a talk at the National Press Club, followed by a particularly fruity question and answer session. There is no question but that Wright is bright, quick on his feet, well-read, smarter than almost all his questioners, funny, capable of handling himself in …