Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

Skye Jethani laments how religious liberty is become a partisan issue by referencing a Supreme Court case regarding animal sacrifice.

“identity depends on difference” Great discussion in the comments.

Forward thinking this is at the heart of a world without God or the sacred And yet: Neither you, nor I, nor anyone else gets to define for other people how they react to horror, or history, or (for that … Continue reading →

This Ross Douthat piece made me ponder Reformed thinking on Sphere Sovereignty in the wake of the uproar over the court’s decision on Hobby Lobby. My feelings on the Hobby Lobby ruling are mixed. On one hand I’ve felt the uproar over … Continue reading →

Rod Dreher There is something truly unprecedented about how people in affluent societies like our own feel free to manipulate, or as Daniel Bell put it, “ransack,” religious traditions for their own ends. It usually did not occur to people … Continue reading →

Anger spreads more easily than joy

NYTimes

This is haunting. It communicates.

Hartford institute

NY Times