Archive for the ‘Worldviews’ Category
All the Married Ladies: A Response to Kate Bolick
Ever wonder how Conservative women compare with their feminist counterparts?
My latest piece is up at the newly launched politicalistas.com today: a response to The Atlantic’s November cover article.
Though I was deep in the throes of giving birth, I couldn’t help smiling at the nurse’s shocked...
November 16th, 2011 | Conservative/Liberal, Culture, Family Issues, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Social Experiments, Worldviews | Read More
Sacred Spaces
A blank canvas does not carry much meaning as a work of art until the artist begins to use lines to create shapes and figures, separating each section of the painting from the others. A place, much like a work of art, is endowed with definition—and therefore, with meaning— by its history and purpose.
Walter...
January 31st, 2011 | Other, Religion, Worldviews | Read More
An Open Letter To Mohamed Abdel Moniem El-Sawy
An open letter to Mohamed Abdel Moniem El-Sawy:
I must admit, I don’t understand everything about the different segments of your Islamic faith—anymore than I understand everything about all the different denominations of Christianity. But they say actions speak louder than words, and I do understand...
January 11th, 2011 | Foreign Affairs, Global War on Terrorism, Human Rights, Other Religions, Politics, Religion, Religious Liberty, Social Justice, Worldviews | Read More
We Need a Darker Christmas
Tis the season to be trite: twinkling lights, evergreen branches, sentimental images of multigenerational gatherings, and the ever-present stars. Everywhere you look it is happy, gleeful, giggly, cinnamon-sugary. All is bathed in warmth and light, with no room for darkness. And few of us think...
December 22nd, 2010 | Culture, History, Religion, The Gospel, Worldviews | Read More
Free Speech, Amazon and Your Community
In the name of supporting freedom of expression and consumer choice, Amazon made a controversial book available for sale to Kindle users: “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct.” According to an MSNBC news article, the book offers “advice to...
December 13th, 2010 | Culture, Family Issues, On Conservatism, Rights Reason & Religion, Worldviews | Read More
Life is work, Life is leisure
When I first started working, I promised myself that I’d never be “that person”—you know, the one who lived for the weekends. As time went by, however, I found myself increasingly looking forward Friday rituals—“TGIF!” emails, the Starbucks run to celebrate the end of the week, weekend...
November 29th, 2010 | Art & Literature, Book Reviews, Culture, Other, Philosophy, Religion, Worldviews | Read More
What I Did For My Summer Vacation
Most working adults don’t dream of spending a week of their summer tromping through the mountains with 150 high schoolers and a copy of Plato’s Meno. But the staff of Wheatstone Academy are an odd bunch. Wheatstone Academy is the brainchild of Dr. John Mark Reynolds, founder and director of the...
August 2nd, 2010 | Culture, Education, Evangelicals, Philosophy, Protestant, Worldviews | Read More
Women, Mermaids, and Mystique: Why We Don’t Really Want to Be Part of Your World
“I want to have fins”, she sighed, gazing longingly at an advertisement for Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
I could hardly have been more relieved; for a moment I’d thought I’d walked in on every modern mother’s nightmare – a preschooler who longs to be thin. It’s not healthy for a four...
May 26th, 2010 | Culture, Film, Media, Philosophy, Television, Worldviews | Read More
All Roads Lead to the Domestic Goddess
My mother-in-law’s first gift to us as an engaged couple was a culinary torch. Talk about intimidating! It may as well have been a ratcheting box wrench; I had no idea people used torches in the kitchen. My grandmother was a model and showgirl. When my mom left home, she didn’t even know...
April 20th, 2010 | Conservative/Liberal, Culture, Family Issues, Worldviews | Read More
The World’s Worst Proof for the Existence of God
I have come to terms. I’ll admit it: Philosophers are less attuned to ‘the obvious’ than most.
I even remember the morning that I realized I had no choice but to accept the stereotype. A group of philosophy faculty and students were gathered in my professor’s office, and we needed...
April 20th, 2010 | Art & Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Worldviews | Read More
