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All the Stars we Never See
In our most glorious and technologically advanced places, no one can see the stars. Is our glory, namely our technology, mutually exclusive with the glory of God?
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An Ecological Critique of Liberalism
Like in nature, our relations are intimately interconnected; our whole depends on all its parts. Any ideology that advocates for radical individualism, like the liberal paradigm, thus threatens to untangle the interconnected and mutually beneficial web we are.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Truly Useful
The swift adoption of AI in ways that atrophy or replace the “human arts” reveal just how far our societal conception of “usefulness” has changed.
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The Convergent Evolution of the United States
The United States today looks everywhere the same: cookie-cutter houses that are not homes, non-descript skyscrapers, and the rarity of unique opinion.
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The Convergent Evolution of the Protestant Church
The Protestant Church is beginning everywhere to look the same. In today’s article we explore what has led to this phenomena, namely the modern democratic tendency to “judge for oneself.” This has demolished the faithful unity of old and transformed Christianity into a marketplace for souls that plays out each Sunday morning.
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The Church and Integral Ecology
The modern environmental movement prides itself on the connection it has drawn between environmental health and social health, manifested in ubiquitous calls for “environmental justice.” At best, this movement amicably recognizes that the poor should not suffer an undue burden of pollution and heavy industry. At worst, it is seized upon by parties who see…
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Lessons from the Eastern Oyster
I am a firm believer that God, in the act of creation, left mankind secrets within the natural order that hint at how society is best meant to be run. By observing the ecosystems around us, which have persisted, adapted, and grown amidst eons of change, we can learn insightful lessons from the universe’s wisest…
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The Biblical Case for Conservation
From general revelation and the new creation to imagery in the Psalms, God has made clear the role humans are meant to play in the natural world both here and at Christ’s second coming: one of reflection, stewardship, and active participation in the “liturgy of the land.” “In the beginning God created the heavens and…
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The Paris Olympics: A Refreshing Reminder of Patriotism
The Paris Olympics are wrapping up, and I, like many Americans, have been reveling in its excitement. No other competition is more varied or more beloved, and none has more at stake. Like any two-week competition probably will, this Olympics has generated considerable controversy; the unacceptable inclusion of a threesome on camera (children watch this…
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Artificial Intelligence and the End of Human Responsibility
In what seemed like a moment, artificial intelligence took the world by storm. Before we hardly had a chance to blink, AI manifested itself everywhere from college campuses to search engines. From all sides, we are now bombarded by claims of the power AI will have in shaping the future and our daily lives, from…
Thoughts of an Environmental Conservative 