There can never be any state of affairs in which it is acceptable for those who wear the name of Jesus to ignore politics.
Ethics & Values
If All Our Actions Are Shaped by Luck, Are We Still Agents?
For better or for worse, luck can sweep in from nowhere and alter our lives.
For better or for worse, luck can sweep in from nowhere and alter our lives.
A Short Rant on the Conceit of Always Being a Moderate or Why You May Be All Wrong Because You Think Nobody Can Be All Right
Staying so decidedly in the center is the most convenient place because it requires no real action; It requires doing not much more than staying in the middle.
Staying so decidedly in the center is the most convenient place because it requires no real action; It requires doing not much more than staying in the middle.
Popular Evangelicalism Isn’t the Solution to the “Nones” … It’s the Problem
When the religiously disaffected look for some moral outrage from the most conspicuously pious, their search for moral courage among the faithful is met with silence.
When the religiously disaffected look for some moral outrage from the most conspicuously pious, their search for moral courage among the faithful is met with silence.
Would You Rather Have a Fish or Know How to Fish?
A good attitude towards knowledge shines through various character traits -- our epistemic virtues -- that put us in a healthy relationship with it.
A good attitude towards knowledge shines through various character traits — our epistemic virtues — that put us in a healthy relationship with it.
Our Moral Failure to Welcome Refugees
The irony should not escape us that many current citizens of the united states, the president included, are the blood heirs of refugees.
The irony should not escape us that many current citizens of the united states, the president included, are the blood heirs of refugees.
Trying To ‘Save Face’
Part of the reason they support him is to thumb their collective nose at the rest of the world.
Part of the reason they support him is to thumb their collective nose at the rest of the world.
Why I Told My Child About How Her Dad Hurt My Feelings
Sometimes you have to bend the rules when you have the opportunity to utilize an experience as an important teachable moment.
Sometimes you have to bend the rules when you have the opportunity to utilize an experience as an important teachable moment.
What Does the ‘New Normality’ Mean?
A new normal cannot be a world in which we all wear traditional face masks: it’s just not feasible.
A new normal cannot be a world in which we all wear traditional face masks: it’s just not feasible.
Staying Stoic in a Crisis
Yes, life is tough at the moment.
Yes, life is tough at the moment.
Why Self-Care Is Necessary in 2020: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
Either the world as we know it is falling apart or we are dealing with every ill of society at once. Whatever the case, it’s a lot for a mind to process.
Either the world as we know it is falling apart or we are dealing with every ill of society at once. Whatever the case, it’s a lot for a mind to process.
What’s the Hardest Part About Being a Man?
Deep down, I admit, I still cling to old-fashioned and (yes, I’m going to use this word) toxic definitions of masculinity.
Deep down, I admit, I still cling to old-fashioned and (yes, I’m going to use this word) toxic definitions of masculinity.
Twitter Tolls, Twitter Trolls
The only social media platform I use is toiling in trolls and toxicity.
The only social media platform I use is toiling in trolls and toxicity.
How Much Are Students’ Lives Worth?
Our children’s lives are more important than Wall Street.
Our children’s lives are more important than Wall Street.
I Hear You, I See You
Even the negative naysayers have a place in life: They help us grow.
Even the negative naysayers have a place in life: They help us grow.
The Virtue of Being Wrong
How stoicism teaches us to welcome refutation.
How stoicism teaches us to welcome refutation.