C.S. Lewis
You might be thinking about what to pack for beach reading during your family summer vacation. Perhaps you’re wondering what to read during a lazy summer afternoon in your hammock out back. Maybe you have a son or daughter or other family member who just graduated, and you want to offer them [...]
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Once I was given a private tour of the US House of Representatives. Our tour guide, a congressman’s chief of staff, had us sit in the Speaker’s chair, look straight ahead, and say what we saw.
Directly in front of us was a representation of Moses, whose [...]
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Part 3 in a series on Is Your Work Useless?
There might be a Christian way to write a play, but is there a Christian way to land a plane?
In other words, is there a “Christian way” to carry out all work?
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In his farewell address to the nation, delivered September 19th, 1796, George Washington stated:
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these [...]
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It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is [...]
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Part 3 in a series on C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis has shown us how self-interest is different than selfishness. Since greed and self-interest are not the same, what are the implications for how we participate in our economy?
Let’s circle back to Adam Smith’s appeal to the [...]
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Part 4 in a series on C.S. Lewis
Ed. Note: This post has been adapted from its original form. Read the full paper here.
We live in a society built on self-interest. But is this bad? Is self-interest the same thing as greed?
C.S. Lewis reflected often on the [...]
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Part 2 in a series on C.S. Lewis
Ed. Note: This post has been adapted from its original form. Read the full paper here.
Let’s dive into what C.S. Lewis has to say about selfishness and greed.
Lewis was a master at expressing complex concepts through the medium of [...]
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