“Peterson focuses on the Cross, while ignoring the Resurrection… Peterson’s worldview, then, is not just incomplete—it’s problematic.”

I thoroughly appreciated Jenna Willett’s comments on the importance of neighborliness in “Just Being Neighborly.” Her article addressed a topic to which I have given considerable thought in the past weeks. Growing up in a semi-urban neighborhood in Cincinnati, my family has seen many neighbors cycle through the houses up and down our street.

Do you know your neighbors? Not just their names–do you know anything about the lives of the people next door? Let us take a step back into a warm Sunday afternoon from yester-year: front doors are unlocked, neighbors are visiting on front porches, children roam the neighborhood for playmates, and everyone goes about business expecting…

As general anti-automobile sentiment spreads (though, I should note, is still far from dominant in our culture), and as my own convictions grow, it occurs to me to put down in writing what I have been ruminating upon ever since getting behind the wheel so many years ago (and which I think is something that…

My generation is ungrounded, which makes for bad culture and unhealthy individuals. I propose a solution: a return to the idea of vocation of place. This means we need to dig roots into the places we have been given. We need to put home, neighborhood, and city higher on the list of factors we consider…

When looking upon the dim reflections of the bygone world, we should remind ourselves that along with the beautiful art and buildings, there were also persons, who were as elevated as the beautiful towers which once crowned the skyline. As you undoubtedly know from seeing antique photographs and films, the men in these photos presented…