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A Missing Link in Poverty Alleviation: Humility

| December 6, 2021 | Blog Contributor

A Missing Link in Poverty Alleviation: Humility
Consider the last time you found yourself moved to compassion or feeling for a particular cause— what prompted you? For many, these thoughts are something emotionally moving or worthy of attention for a little while, yet that vigor seems to die down after the shock...
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Grace Messemer
Grace Messemer is a junior studying political science and economics at the University of Florida. She was selected as a Fall 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.

Waste of a Space Race?

| December 6, 2021 | Blog Contributor

Waste of a Space Race?
It seems like every time you look to the sky another billionaire is heading for the stars. There is a clear renewal of space travel happening—not by two superpower nations competing against each other. Rather, it is private innovators who are leading the charge. Over...
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Cooper Shull
Cooper Shull is a junior studying finance at Samford University. He was selected as a 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.

The Insufficiency of Identity

| December 6, 2021 | Blog Contributor

The Insufficiency of Identity
The modern Western world gives incredible value to identity. Without an identity, you will not have peace. You will be either a mindless husk of a person, absorbing whatever happens to come down your gullet, or tossed by the winds of harsh modernity. Therefore, the...
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Jacob Harvey
Jacob Harvey is a sophomore studying philosophy and Ancient Greek at CUNY Hunter College. He was selected as a Fall 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.

A Case Against Charter Cities

| December 6, 2021 | Blog Contributor

A Case Against Charter Cities
In his famous 2009 TED talk, American economist Paul Romer proposed a revolutionary solution to the question of how a struggling country can break out of poverty when it’s trapped in a system of bad rules. The short answer? Charter cities. The longer answer is...
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Maria Aguilar
Maria Aguilar is a senior at John Brown University. She was selected as a Fall 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.

Willing to Jump Ship

| November 12, 2021 | Blog Contributor

Willing to Jump Ship
When we think about generosity, money typically comes to mind. Being generous with our “giving” is boiled down to fiscal terms, with numbers as the telltale indicator of who has outdone another. Yet, our tendency to dwell on numerical terms alone reveals a more...
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Grace Messemer
Grace Messemer is a junior studying political science and economics at the University of Florida. She was selected as a Fall 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.

Evangelical Anxiety is Resolved in Noahic Ambition

| November 12, 2021 | Blog Contributor

Evangelical Anxiety is Resolved in Noahic Ambition
Evangelicals are anxious. They are anxious about the end of the nation as we know it, Christian influence in academia, and religious freedom. Well-founded or not, these anxieties are driving evangelicals to two places. Some resort to isolationism. While not always...
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Jacob Harvey
Jacob Harvey is a sophomore studying philosophy and Ancient Greek at CUNY Hunter College. He was selected as a Fall 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.