January 18, 2013
Posts by Joseph Sunde
January 17, 2013
Happiness, work, and the eternal quest for meaning
In my cautionary post on the constant temptation to indulge in earthbound economics, I mentioned that even seemingly noble, intangible features such as “happiness” can be just as futile and vain when pursued on our own terms and for our own limited purposes. Continue Reading...
January 15, 2013
Access vs. Ownership in ‘Collaborative Consumption’
January 14, 2013
C.S. Lewis on transcendent economics
I recently discussed our pesky human tendency to limit and debase our thinking about economics to the temporary and material. Much like Judas, who reacted bitterly to Mary’s outpouring of expensive ointment, we neglect to contemplate what eternal purposes God might have for this or that material good and the ways through which it might be used or distributed. Continue Reading...
January 11, 2013
David Platt, Wealth, and the Work of the Gospel
January 10, 2013
Self-Denial in the Age of Self-Help
January 08, 2013
Beyond an Earthbound Economics
January 03, 2013
In Defense of Starbucks: Setting Businesses Free to Be Culture Makers
December 28, 2012
Work, Leisure, and the Search for Daily Meaning
December 21, 2012