Cardus Journalism Feed http://www.cardus.ca/topics/journalism?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed en Copyright 2013 Cardus Sun, 19 May 2013 23:36:35 -0400 Cardus Sun, 19 May 2013 23:36:35 -0400 Worldview by Sound Bite http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3814/worldview-by-sound-bite/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed We humbly suggest to a secular audience and to Christians that God is much bigger and the Christian story of surrendering to God's love is much better and more beautiful than many of us have ever been told. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 We humbly suggest to a secular audience and to Christians that God is much bigger and the Christian story of surrendering to God's love is much better and more beautiful than many of us have ever been told. 2012 Hill Lecture with Barbara Kay: "Public Safety, Public Comfort, Public Reciprocity" http://www.cardus.ca/audio/3628/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed In her National Post column and in books such as Unworthy Creature, Barbara Kay is direct, precise, intelligent and, above all, counterintuitive. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 In her National Post column and in books such as Unworthy Creature, Barbara Kay is direct, precise, intelligent and, above all, counterintuitive. Clarity and Connection http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3279/clarity-and-connection/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed SIX QUESTIONS . . . I hope people come away from my work thinking, "Okay, I've got that clearer now and I'm enthusiastic about responding creatively and courageously to that challenge." Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 SIX QUESTIONS . . . I hope people come away from my work thinking, "Okay, I've got that clearer now and I'm enthusiastic about responding creatively and courageously to that challenge." Marilynne Robinson and Hymns to the Miracle of Existence http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3131/marilynne-robinson-and-hymns-to-the-miracle-of-existence/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Her fiction occupies an odd space, resuscitating the nerve-endings of our souls. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Her fiction occupies an odd space, resuscitating the nerve-endings of our souls. For a Great Door is Opened http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3132/for-a-great-door-is-opened/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed The legacy of Charlotte Mason, prolific educational pioneer. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The legacy of Charlotte Mason, prolific educational pioneer. Editorial: What we talk about when we talk about society http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2902/editorial-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-society/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed A good society has not only its institutions, but its loves in order. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 A good society has not only its institutions, but its loves in order. Magazine as Microcosm http://www.cardus.ca/comment/print_issues/2898/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Learning in bits and scraps of the inexhaustible creation. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Learning in bits and scraps of the inexhaustible creation. The Decent Drapery of Life http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2852/the-decent-drapery-of-life/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Every reader of every publication, including News of the World, battles villainy from within themselves and without. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Every reader of every publication, including News of the World, battles villainy from within themselves and without. Journalism, War Crimes, and the Common Good http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2835/journalism-war-crimes-and-the-common-good/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Journalists are no more (and, admittedly, no less) than citizens who have taken it upon themselves to pass information on to their fellow citizens—and therefore obliged to respect the common good, the common order, and, above all, the common law. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Journalists are no more (and, admittedly, no less) than citizens who have taken it upon themselves to pass information on to their fellow citizens—and therefore obliged to respect the common good, the common order, and, above all, the common law. Marketplace as Social Justice http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2832/marketplace-as-social-justice/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Because work is so central to meeting a variety of human needs and the demands of justice, business—as the theater of work—takes on an entirely different meaning. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Because work is so central to meeting a variety of human needs and the demands of justice, business—as the theater of work—takes on an entirely different meaning. Make lies sound believable, and murder respectable http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2774/make-lies-sound-believable-and-murder-respectable/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed We have gone beyond the age-old politics of windy lies to an unsettling politics of instant, perpetual, and acknowledged shifting of shapes. Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 We have gone beyond the age-old politics of windy lies to an unsettling politics of instant, perpetual, and acknowledged shifting of shapes. Language Paranoia, or the Demise of Discernment http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2453/language-paranoia-or-the-demise-of-discernment/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Dire Straits and Huckleberry Finn are only the latest victims of misguided moralizers. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Dire Straits and Huckleberry Finn are only the latest victims of misguided moralizers. The wondrous window of a newspaper letters section http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2443/the-wondrous-window-of-a-newspaper-letters-section/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed The whole purpose of democracy, after all, is to force our opinions on each other through argument, persuasion, voting and majority rule. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The whole purpose of democracy, after all, is to force our opinions on each other through argument, persuasion, voting and majority rule. Where Does the World Need Me? http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2693/where-does-the-world-need-me/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Comment recently received this request by email: "This summer I am . . . on the side trying to figure out what to do with my life, particularly regarding seminary and/or graduate school. One thing I am trying to take into serious consideration is not only gifts, but also where there is great need, inspired be an article you wrote ["Asking big questions" by Gideon Strauss, Comment, July 14, 2006]. "As... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Comment recently received this request by email: "This summer I am . . . on the side trying to figure out what to do with my life, particularly regarding seminary and/or graduate school. One thing I am trying to take into serious consideration is not only gifts, but also where there is great need, inspired be an article you wrote ["Asking big questions" by Gideon Strauss, Comment, July 14, 2006]. "As... "Editing" the Web http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2338/editing-the-web/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed Whom do you trust in your web browsing? Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Whom do you trust in your web browsing? The real dissent of the little magazines http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2039/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed I would argue that while dissent is still the great work of the little magazine, its real unorthodoxy is not in its words, as important as they are. Rather, the existence of the little magazine stands against its culture: it reminds a society entrenched in a race for profit and enamored with short-term success that significant and lasting work is often done when neither immediate success nor profit... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 I would argue that while dissent is still the great work of the little magazine, its real unorthodoxy is not in its words, as important as they are. Rather, the existence of the little magazine stands against its culture: it reminds a society entrenched in a race for profit and enamored with short-term success that significant and lasting work is often done when neither immediate success nor profit... Kuyper the Mystic http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2148/kuyper-the-mystic/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed "A Christianity that neglects the mystic element grows cold and congeals." —Abraham Kuyper Why personal piety and public life can coexist. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 "A Christianity that neglects the mystic element grows cold and congeals." —Abraham Kuyper Why personal piety and public life can coexist. 2010 Comment Manifesto: Wonder, Heartbreak and Hope http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1573/2010-comment-manifesto-wonder-heartbreak-and-hope/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed 2010 Comment Manifesto Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 2010 Comment Manifesto God Is http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1465/god-is/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed A testament to the necessity and the ultimate inescapability of faith, even in a profoundly secular world. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 A testament to the necessity and the ultimate inescapability of faith, even in a profoundly secular world. The "Now, This..." Culture: Daily news and the death of wisdom http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1457/the-now-this-culture-daily-news-and-the-death-of-wisdom/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BJournalism%2BFeed With the churning detritus of the twenty-four hour news cycle separating everything from everything, how do we discern what's truly important? Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 With the churning detritus of the twenty-four hour news cycle separating everything from everything, how do we discern what's truly important?