the good city

Chesterton on the modern world (0)

6/02/09 •

“The special mark of the modern world is not that it is skeptical, but that it is dogmatic without knowing it.”

The ethics of where you live (0)

5/30/09 •

Quote by Eric O. Jacobsen:
I believe that choosing to live in a neighbourhood that is mixed in income, mixed in use, and replete with inviting public spaces can be an important fundamental ethical decision. When we can walk from our home to the corner coffee shop or park with the realistic expectation of running into [...]

How to brand our bike routes (1)

5/30/09 •

Do bike route signs matter?

If you don’t think so, check the 20 and counting comments on the Spaulding brothers’ Web site, What’s Going Down(town), where they posted the possible bike route sign that would be duplicated all over Fort Wayne.

Grace for the secular city (4)

12/11/08 •

The Gospel is a powerful testimony of grace and brokenness for the secular city.  In the fall of man, we love to build ourselves up to maximum boasts and radical displays of self-sufficiency apart from the Lord.  This display is visibly featured in the city: we love to invest in highly lucrative businesses or build [...]