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September 11, 2015

Now Available: Lester DeKoster’s ‘Work,’ Re-Issued with New Afterword

Originally written in 1982, Lester DeKoster’s small book, Work: The Meaning of Your Life, has had a tremendous impact on the hearts and minds of many, reorienting our attitudes and amplifying our visions about all that, at first, might seem mundane. Continue Reading...

August 12, 2015

Marriage as Cornerstone: How the Family Is a Foundation for Flourishing

With the expansion of economic freedom and the resulting prosperity, we’ve reached an unprecedented position of personal empowerment and vocational choice. This is a welcome development, and it can be seized for good in any number of ways. Continue Reading...

June 11, 2015

Isolation and Self-Sufficiency: The Logical Ends of Protectionism

When it comes to free trade, critics insist that it hurts the American worker — kicking them while they’re down and slowly eroding the communal fabric of mom-and-pops, longstanding trades, and factory towns. Continue Reading...

May 27, 2015

The Thread of Work and the Fabric of Civilization

In Leonard Reed’s famous essay, “I, Pencil,” he highlights the extensive cooperation and collaboration involved in the assembly of a simple pencil — complex coordination that is quite miraculously uncoordinated. Continue Reading...

May 14, 2015

How Capitalism Humanized the Family

Capitalism is routinely blamed for rampant materialism and consumerism, accused of setting society’s sights only on material needs and wants, and living little time, attention, or energy for much else. But what, if not basic food, shelter, and survival, was humanity so preoccupied with before the Industrial Revolution? Continue Reading...

March 25, 2015

Lessons on Work and Civilization from ‘Katy and the Big Snow’

“No work? Then nothing else either. Culture and civilization don’t just happen. They are made to happen and to keep happening — by God the Holy Spirit, through our work.” –Lester DeKoster As we begin to discover God’s design and purpose for our work, there there’s a temptation to elevate certain jobs or careers above others, and attempt to inject our work with meaning from the outside. Continue Reading...

February 04, 2015

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Now Available: Lester DeKoster’s ‘Work,’ Re-Issued with New Afterword

Marriage as Cornerstone: How the Family Is a Foundation for Flourishing

Isolation and Self-Sufficiency: The Logical Ends of Protectionism

The Thread of Work and the Fabric of Civilization

How Capitalism Humanized the Family

Lessons on Work and Civilization from ‘Katy and the Big Snow’

You Can’t Separate Stewardship from Economics

‘The Gift of the Magi’ and the Power of Exchange

Garbage collecting for the glory of God

How a Shoe Builds Civilization