Moral responsibility
byNothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity…. As the chief moral guardian of the community, the church…
Withdrawal
by the daily asteriskSabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh,…
No apologies
by Deborah LewisEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2011, Deborah Lewis recounts how she’s…
The particulars of evil
by the daily asteriskI saw then what I hadn’t seen before, that I was very good at despising slavery in the abstract, in the removed and anonymous…
On sabbatical. Or something.
by Aline LindemannSabbatical. Professor So-And-So is on sabbatical. That’s quite special and important, isn’t it? That time away is practically holy. (What does one actually do…
Seed of eternity
by the daily asteriskHe who wants to enter the holiness of the day must first lay down the profanity of clattering commerce, of being yoked to toil….
Remembering the Sabbath Day
by Devon BalwitEvery Saturday, I was exiled to the old country, serving time amidst plastic-covered furniture, buttocks sticking and pulling free, glooming in my grandparents’ grey…
Sympathy for all things
by the daily asteriskThe Sabbath, thus, is more than an armistice, more than an interlude; it is a profound conscious harmony of man and the world, a…
Our sole concern
by the daily asteriskTo gain control of the world of space is certainly one of our tasks. The danger begins when in gaining power in the realm…
Sabbath economy
by the daily asteriskIf we are to build something like a Sabbath economy, we must devise ways to extricate ourselves from current practices that lead to stress,…