The Ivory Cubicle | Things Fall Apart
The following is the second in a series of reflections on modern's society's rejection of absolute truth. For the first, click here.The year is 1914. Europe is on a hair-trigger, a network of secret...
View ArticleGenJ Booklist: What's the GenJ Office Reading?
After countless weeks of toil, interviews with illustrious faculty at such noble institutions as Patrick Henry College, and spending hours poring over the world's vast repositories of history,...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | The Centre Cannot Hold
The following is the third of a series of reflections on modern society's rejection of absolute truth. For the first, click here. For the second, click here."Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | The Falconer's Call
“The falcon cannot hear the falconer.” –W.B. Yeats.So we find ourselves standing at the edge of a precipice, staring into the vacuum that confronts us when absolute moral truth has been removed. If...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | Taking the "Sub" out of "Subculture"
Let’s face it. The Christian “subculture” is in a state of disarray. Our Christian record labels are training grounds for bands that can’t get signed to the big-name ones, and when they finally move up...
View ArticleGeneration Joshua March Madness Bracket Challenge!
Hey GenJ! It’s March, and if you’re a sports fan, you know what that means: March Madness! We are gearing up (or, more accurately, Glenn is gearing up and dragging the rest of the office along) for...
View ArticleOn Politics, Taxes, and Forgiveness
Enough of this; I’ve been ranting to my office staff for the last two days, and I figured I should share the results of my enthusiastic monologues with you.A few days ago, the State of Virginia passed...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | Stick Shifts and Practical Politics
I slide into the driver's seat of an ancient Toyota.“Hit the clutch, turn it on, and grab the gear shift,” my boss says. “Put the car into first gear, let up on the clutch and hit the gas at the same...
View ArticleAnnouncing the T-Shirt Contest Winners!
*raps stick repeatedly on podium*Attention everyone! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's the moment you've all been waiting for! These valiant competitors have withstood the precise and inquisitive eye of...
View ArticleStand with Israel
On Thursday morning, I was privileged to meet with South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. He had invited numerous national conservative leaders to meet with him to discuss how we could stand together...
View ArticleOz the Great and Powerful Movie Review
Every so often, a story captures your imagination with a lesson that will leave you sitting in the car with a handful of friends discussing themes of pride, selfishness, beauty, and sacrifice. Last...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | Thinking Conservatively in Bite-Sized Reality
I came across an article the other day in the American Conservative that argued that conservatives can no longer write. I thought that the article was particularly relevant, based on the columns we've...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | Roots, Radicality, and Setting Things on Fire
It’s a trend these days to be radical, to think outside of the box, kick Christianity up a notch, and infuse it with a spirit of religious fervor. Shane Claiborne called us to an Irresistible...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | The Suffering God
My roommate came back from a trip to New York City with a crucifix. I found this a bit odd, especially since my roommate is an old-school Calvinist, the kind that usually recoil at icons, images, or...
View ArticleHollingsworth v. Perry: Truth and Silence
Cordell Asbenson, a former Generation Joshua intern and current intern at the Family Research Council, had the privilege of sitting in on the Supreme Court's landmark hearing on gay marriage...
View ArticleHollingsworth v. Perry: A Brief Observed
The second part of Cordell Asbenson's story about sitting in on the Supreme Court's landmark hearing on gay marriage (Hollingsworth v. Perry). Here's part one. And here's some epic music to listen to...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | Resurrection by Fire
As I was reading C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia recently, I was struck by a minor character, barely noticed, who appears only twice in the entire series – the phoenix. His first appearance is in...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | Faith Seeking Understanding
The contemporary way of looking at God seems to be exactly upside down. Traditionally, it has been held that God, being omnipotent, creator, sustainer, and lawgiver, was the judge and we were the ones...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | Responding to Boston
In the wake of the Boston tragedy on Monday, our country is likely to be faced with a series of hard questions. Salon magazine released an article by liberal author David Sirota on Tuesday entitled...
View ArticleThe Ivory Cubicle | The Question of Justice at Guantanamo Bay
Last week, the New York Times ran an op-ed by Guantanamo Bay prisoner Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, bringing to light a couple of questions posed concerning the operations of this controversial prison...
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