I recently wrote about the need to reach beyond an earthbound economics, re-orienting our thinking around a more transcendent framework that requires active spiritual engagement and discernment. Even as Christians, far too often we set our focus too strongly on temporal features like material needs, happiness, and quality of life—all of e into play accordingly—without first concerning ourselves with what God is actually calling us to do as individuals. Transcendent ends will e from transcendent beginnings, and those beginnings will...

Being made in the image of God, says Art Lindsley, is a powerful concept for finding our vocations and living a purposeful life. While the image of God remains after the Fall, it is certainly marred and defaced. As we are redeemed, what will we look like when the process pleted? As God restores us, our unique design in the image of God will shine even more brightly, and our gifts will reach their full potential. We will also look...

My friend John Teevan of Grace College sends out a monthly newsletter, “Economic Prospect.” He passes along this in the current edition: I found this note from a newly retired accountant (age 66) who has not gone on social security yet. His e as a part-time accountant in his town was $60,000. “My e is $60,000 and my IRS taxes are 10,000, my FICA deduction is $8,000, my state e tax is $2500, and my property tax is $6000. So...

King Louis XIV censored Moliere’s 1664 play Tartuffe after determining audience members might too easily confuse the titular priest’s hypocritical nature with every priest in real life. According to the king, some priests’ “true devotion leads on the path to heaven,” while others’ “vain ostentation of some good works does not prevent mitting some bad ones.” The king’s judgment in many ways also describes individuals who pursue their religious vocations while simultaneously championing secular causes such as proxy shareholder resolutions....