Results for “murdock”
Bono’s Search for Home
...David Heddendorf I've never been more than a casual U2 fan, but for me the impact of their music has nothing to do with whether Bono goes to church…
Conservative Treehuggers, Manufacturing, and Monks
...oxymoron).” John Murdock articulates a hope-filled vision of authentic creation care. “A Grand Bargain to Save the Planet and Call Truce in the Abortion War.” While the details of…
Underland, 737 Max, and Earth Day
...Christian Case for Embracing a Hippie Holiday.” Matthew Sleeth outlines the importance of trees in the biblical narrative. “Earth Day and Easter.” John Murdock also ponders the theological significance…
Pelagians, Lithium Mines, and Progressive Occultism
...Planet With Electric Cars Means Strangling This Desert.” Laura Millan Lombrana descibes how increased lithium mining is damaging ecosystems and communities in Chile. “Forgiveness at Mother Emanuel.” John Murdock…
Old Tractors, Social Media, and Idolatry
...of the Pro-Life Democrat.” John Murdock surveys the history of abortion politics in America and wonders if any Democratic leaders will step forward to represent the sizable portion of…
Liberal Arts, Institutions, and Truth
...Noble argues that conservatives must not make truth a mere function of power. “Not A Constitutional Crisis.” John Murdock draws on Marilyn Chandler McEntyre’s Caring for Words in a Culture…
Prospects for Localism (and a New Podcast)
...on issues timeless and timely, with a focus on place, limits, and liberty. Going forward, long-time porcher John Murdock will be our host, and he’s already lining up some…
Associational Life, Liberal Arts Farmers, and Forgiveness
...marriage, localism, and soil—but political defenses of natural and cultural goods are much more persuasive when their defenders are also known for practicing and sustaining these goods in their…
Public Writing, Fences, and Neighbors
...Brass Spittoon podcast John Murdock, who advocate for policies and lifestyles that aim to restore ecological health. “Holding It All Together: How Faith and Literature Respond to a Fragmented…
Food Economies, College Football, and Deceit
...recent years and has several episodes that may be of interest to Porchers. (Recommended by John Murdock.) “Why the Fading of the Southern Accent Is Bad News.” Jack Butler…
Michigan, Las Vegas, and Willa Cather
...than history or somehow transcended history, but rather that France was the historical place where the eternal was made manifest. So it is with Michigan’s abiding claim on me.”…
Gendered Worlds: Our Need for Belonging and Usefulness
...Are Two and ONLY Two Sexes — Heather Heying,” January 4, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SVbN6tIySc. Starting at minute mark 38:16, Dr. Heying explains anthropological research showing “what sex does what task”…
Seasons, Steel, and Profit
...John Murdock reflects on The Nature of the Religious Right: The Struggle between Conservative Evangelicals and the Environmental Movement by Neall Pogue: “Pogue also chronicles the changes in Christian…
Remodeling the Porch
...(Take a moment to look through our wise, hard-working writers and reflect upon the fact that while many of them regularly write for paying publications, they also donate their…
Anti-Prophets of Doom: A Review of Michael Shellenberger’s Apocalypse Never
...Please consider taking the plunge. Pax Christi+, Matt in Alaska John Murdock Please consider clicking on the "More From Author" tab and reading the most recent four pieces. Rob…
The Green New Deal Comes Home
...way. I was thinking, still thinking, well, if this is what the people who care are doing, it's more or less over. I do hope the science is incorrect,…
My Mask, My Choice
...Murdock's wise reflections) is minuscule. Nor is my saying this intended to rebut your interesting and accurate observation that there is an emotivist element to mask wearing (though on…
Cartoon Sex Ed
...for his prior long-time psychological and spiritual struggles, and for his educational and work accomplishments since then. The conversation about the validity of an early recognition of lifestyles outside…
The Pope and the Plowman
Wendell Berry and Pope Francis have been drinking from the same well of living water. I dig into the connections between the pope and the plowman at First Things....
Os Guinness on Liberty and Hope
Prolific author and social critic Os Guinness discusses the current challenges for liberty and his hopes for the future. The Chinese-born, English-educated, Irish-rooted scholar who lives in America also…
Joseph Loconte on the Imagination of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
Front Porch Republic editor Jeff Bilbro sits down with Joe Loconte of The King’s College for a spirited discussion of the book-turned-film A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great…
Poetry and Politics with A.M. Juster
Michael J. Astrue has earned degrees from Yale and Harvard. He had a long and distinguished legal career and held several government positions as well as leadership posts in…
Is Joel Salatin the Problem? Reflecting on The Last Pig
Boise, ID. “I no longer want to peddle in death.” Those words from Bob Comis serve as a hinge in The Last Pig, a film which traces the conversion…
After Virtual: The Church
For the first of our episodes from September’s FPR conference After Virtual: The Art of Recovering Lost Goods, we go to church. Carl Trueman, Gregory Hogg, and Charlie Cotherman…