Joseph Sunde

Joseph Sunde's work has appeared in venues such as the Foundation for Economic Education, First Things, The Christian Post, The Stream, Intellectual Takeout, Patheos, LifeSiteNews, The City, Charisma News, The Green Room, Juicy Ecumenism, Ethika Politika, Made to Flourish, and the Center for Faith and Work, as well as on PowerBlog. He resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and four children.

Posts by Joseph Sunde

May 04, 2018

Urban revival in the Midwest: What does it mean for freedom?

We’ve long heard about the incessant flow of America’s best and brainiest to the country’s largest urban centers. As such cities continue to rise in population and prominence—from Los Angeles and San Francisco to New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C.—fears Continue Reading...

May 02, 2018

Beyond vocational hierarchies: Evangelism, social justice, and Christian mission

Throughout my conservative evangelical upbringing, I was routinely encouraged to follow the call of the “five-fold ministry,” whether from the pulpit in weekly church services or the prayer altars of summer youth camps. Continue Reading...

April 26, 2018

Loving cities well: Chris Brooks on the church’s role in economic restoration

What would happen if local churches came together to love and serve our cities? Upon hearing such a question, our minds are prone to imagine an assortment of “outreach ministries,” from food pantries to homeless shelters to community events to street evangelism. Continue Reading...

April 24, 2018

A lonely nation: Restoring true community in an age of individualism

Given the rise of social media and our expansive interconnectedness from globalization, one would think that our social bonds would be stronger than ever. With such an abundance of ways to connect and engage, trade and exchange, how could it possibly be otherwise? Continue Reading...

April 20, 2018

Startup Cuba: Lessons from the country’s emerging entrepreneurs

Although the Cuban people continue to suffer and struggle under the weight of communist rule, many have been encouraged by even the slightest of Raul Castro’s incremental changes toward private businesses. Continue Reading...

April 18, 2018

Co-laboring and co-creating with the most high God

“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” -John 5:17 As the faith-work movement continues to grow across modern evangelicalism, many Christians are gaining renewed perspectives on the meaning and dignity of daily work. Continue Reading...

April 17, 2018

Love that actually delivers: A challenge to ‘good intentions’

As we continue to see emerging instances of anti-poverty activism gone wrong, we are routinely reminded that good intentions aren’t enough. Alas, while such intentions can sometimes serve as fuel for positive transformation, they can also be a blind spot for hearts and minds. Continue Reading...

April 12, 2018

The Social Capital Index: A geography of ‘associational life’ in America

In recent decades, America has experienced a wave of economic and social disruption. In our search for solutions, however, we tend to look only at the surface, assessing the architecture of particular policies or stroking our chins over economic measurements like Gross Domestic Product. Continue Reading...

April 11, 2018

Remember the intangibles: A caution to the 21st-century economist

Today’s economists have no shortage of confidence, offering models and measurements aplenty. But are the tools of the field keeping pace with the actual forces and factors at work? “The combination of economics with statistics in a complex world promises a lot more than it delivers,” economist Russ Roberts recently wrote. Continue Reading...

April 04, 2018

‘I, Pencil,’ continued: How man cooperates with nature

In Leonard Read’s famous essay, “I, Pencil,” he marvels over the cooperation and collaboration involved in the assembly of a simple pencil — a complex coordination among global creators that is, quite miraculously, uncoordinated. Continue Reading...

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