Our spiritual state
byOur governing political impulse must not be to despise the people but rather to understand ourselves as the people. The institutions of formation, the networks of…
Prophetic strains
by the daily asteriskThe most influential social movements for justice in America have been led by prophetic Christians: the abolitionist, women’s suffrage, and trade-union movements in the…
Wealth the highest value
by the daily asteriskThe world-atmosphere teaches us what we can value. In the Domination System generally, it teaches us to value power. In any particular society, however,…
Wisdom atrophies
by the daily asteriskIt is wisdom we need to live together in this world. Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by…
Voice of hope
by the daily asteriskPower, whenever and wherever it can, will present itself as a totalizing system, the wishful thinking of every empire, every regime, and every orthodoxy….
We’ve lost
by the daily asteriskThere is a war going on today in our nation’s political discourse. And the casualties are many. We’ve lost our civility, the ability to…
Ripple of hope
by the daily asteriskIt is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal,…
To value one another
by the daily asteriskWhen panic on one side is creating alarm on the other, it is easy to forget that there are always as good grounds for…
Sense of the possible
by the daily asteriskCultural pessimism is always fashionable, and, since we are human, there are always grounds for it. It has the negative consequence of depressing the…
Lifts the burdens
by the daily asteriskHe is the God who keeps every promise, who gives justice to the poor and oppressed and food to the hungry. He frees the…