The practice of architecture involves a wide variety of intersecting disciplines. Art, Physics, Math, Philosophy, Sociology, Religion, Biolo...

Upon returning from my recent trip through the American Midwest, I’ve been reminded about how controversial architecture can be. Although fe...

I recently went to a county fair where I saw some kids I work with show off their cattle, hoping to place high enough to compete in the stat...

In both the radical right wing of Islam and the radical left wing of Mainline Protestants, I see a resurgence of classical religious paradig...

Hanging out with 12 to 16-year olds for two weeks on two different church camps recently made me realize again how popular sarcasm is a meth...

A rather significant event occurred in the world of architecture in the last year—at least from the point of view of this writer. In the ci...

After returning from a church mission trip to urban Milwaukee, I have a few new thoughts concerning assumptions about helping the poor. This...

For conservatives, the last 20 years have been both an immense frustration as liberalism has become ingrained in media, academic and pop-cul...

Zidane Head Butt The last few weeks were surprisingly momentous for me and millions of my French compatriots. The success of ‘Les Bleus’, t...

Like all members of the AIA (the American Institute of Architects), I receive my monthly complementary issue of Architectural Record , the o...

While preparing for a sermon I would give on July 4th weekend, it never occurred to me that I should mention anything about the secular holi...

Ahhhh, the good ol’ practice of admitting we’re wrong. You know, as hard as it is, it actually feels kind of good once we do it. It’s not in...

Thinking back on my recent trip to Houston, it was obvious to me that the city contained relatively little historic architecture (pre-World...

First, a defense of hypocrites. Hypocrites, by nature, profess to believe in something. Usually, hypocrites profess to believe in things of ...

On the question of what is good design, architects and non-architects rarely seem to agree. Particularly since the ascendancy of Modernism d...