Desires v. Idols.

“The focus of James’ discussion is not evil desires (desires for the wrong thing), but inordinate desires (desires that may be right in and of themselves, but must never rule my heart). It is not wrong to desire relaxation at the end of a long day. It is wrong to be...

Interruptions

I want to be ever ready to be interrupted by people in need of help, or to simply talk. But I do not have the same obligation to computers or robots or programs or phones. – E.O.

Roosevelt’s New Deal

“During the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said: ‘The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly...

Expressive Individualism

“Because human beings live and negotiate the world as bodies, they are necessarily subject to vulnerability, dependence, and finitude common to all living embodied beings, with all of the attendant challenges and gifts that follow. Thus, the anthropology of the...