Evan Koons

November 29, 2016

Are Christians stuck with 3 approaches to cultural engagement?

How are we to be in the world but not of it? How are Christians to live and engage, create and exchange, cultivate and steward our gifts and relationships and resources here on earth? Continue Reading...

October 05, 2016

What an oxygen mask teaches us about the power of creative service

The oxygen masks dropped as the plane began to drop in altitude and lose cabin pressure. As he and his friends applied the masks, Reid Kapple began to wonder if the end was near. Continue Reading...

February 12, 2016

I, Rose: Networks of exchange and the love they deserve

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

February 05, 2016

Plans to Prosper? The Forgotten Truth of Jeremiah 29

For many evangelicals, 2 Chronicles 7:14 has become a predictable refrain for run-of-the-mill civil religion, supposedly offering the promise of national blessing in exchange for political purity. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Continue Reading...

October 19, 2015

Family in Decline: How Should Christians Respond?

As Christianity loses influence in the West, and as culture corresponds by taking its cues from the idols of hedonism, it can be easy to forget that most of these challenges are not new. Continue Reading...

October 15, 2015

Life in Exile: Bringing Peace and Prosperity to Rural New York

The Acton Institute’s latest film series is having a profound influence on churches and communities of all kinds. Hearts are being stirred and inspired, minds are connecting mission with culture, and as a result, the church is unlocking a bigger-picture vision of God’s plan for creation. Continue Reading...

October 13, 2015

Wasteful Extravagance: Sara Groves on the Economy of Wonder

“God somehow demands of us so much more than this transactional nature. It is really about the gift that we’ve been given, and the only response we can give back is with extravagance, with gratuitous beauty.” Continue Reading...

September 17, 2015

The Bishop’s Candlesticks: Immigration, Refugees, and Justice

The media is buzzing with chatter about immigration and the heartbreaking refugee crisis in the Middle East. Yet even as we learn more about the types of suffering and oppression that these people are fleeing, the temptation to look inward remains. 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...

July 15, 2015

Life in Exile: Why Christians Have Never Been ‘At Home’ in America

In the various discussions surrounding the Acton Institute’s film series, For the Life of the World: Letters to the Exiles, a common response has been to call into question the basic notion of Christians existing in a state of “exile.” Continue Reading...

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