November 17, 2015
November 27, 2014
Black Friday: A day of hyper generosity?
For many, Black Friday epitomizes everything nasty American hyper-consumerism. Stores everywhere are plagued with overly aggressive shoppers, each stuffed to the brim with carb-laden Thanksgiving chow and yet ever-more hungry for the next delicious deal. Continue Reading...
November 26, 2014
The Thanksgiving Proclamation of George Washington
February 04, 2014
Stewardship and Thanksgiving
Today at Ethika Politika, I reflect on what it might look like to adopt thanksgiving as one’s orientation toward human experience and society:
We may think of gratitude … as an appreciation of the joy that uniquely comes from what is virtuous and the recognition of “what God has done or is doing.” Continue Reading...
December 13, 2013
Business and Askesis
November 27, 2013
Pilgrims, Property Rights, and the Source of Stewardship
November 27, 2013
Amazon, Kmart, and the Moral Limits of Shopping
November 26, 2013
Calvin Coolidge and a Thanksgiving of Abundance
My pastor made a good point in his sermon Sunday that the more secular we become as a nation the less we talk about “abundance.” Instead, the national dialogue of our politics shift to discussions about scarcity. Continue Reading...
November 25, 2013
How to Help the Working Poor on Thanksgiving
November 04, 2013