The bankruptcy of Detroit is a consequence of multi-faceted social problems that defy simple solutions and pat answers. To love the city will require more than creative thinking.

As we become ever more dependent on big data to answer our questions and solve our problems, we must consider the implications of an epistemology that rejects the abstract and the unknowable.

In the face of disaster, tragedy, and disease, Christians must recognize both the reality of worldly evil and the ultimate goodness and power of God.

Martin’s Game of Thrones may be a fantasy epic to match our time, but it owes much to the fundamental categories of good and evil developed by Tolkien in the context of 20th century strife.

Walter White’s descent from moral indifference to true evil is not a sudden plunge, but rather a slow slide begun in pride and paved with the noblest of intentions.

A comparison of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder uncovers the deep relationship between love, creativity, and truth.

Marilynne Robinson’s quiet force in the contemporary literary world stems from exquisite prose revering the universe, the mind, and the Christian faith.

In the face of death and the physical absence of God, Spencer Reece’s poems forego anger and cynicism in favor of grief.

The conflation of eros with sexual desire misses a key component of the human need for love, companionship, and unity with the other.

Through teaching, practice, and liturgy, it is possible to change what we want into what we want to want.