Are you trying to live more authentically? The personal, social, and political cross-pressures to be anything but ourselves are enormous, and my hope is that this site is a place where you can find some guideposts that will help you steer through these difficulties.
WELCOME
Welcome to Ideals and Identities, a space for essays, reflections, and longer-form writing on the ideas that shape personal, social, political, and spiritual life.
Here you will find free essays on social criticism, authenticity, sermons, education, and the pressures of modern life. I have long-time and serious interests in the philosophers Charles Taylor and Hannah Arendt. The site also includes forthcoming booklets that gather selected essays into more focused and readable collections.
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You are also invited to explore The Architecture of Authenticity, a book-length project on the formation of the self, the distortions of contemporary life, and the possibility of truthful agency. It is scheduled for release in the fall of 2026.
- Essays is a list of my blog articles
- Education are my writings on teaching and learning, both old and new
- Sermons are sermons I have actually preached in different religious communities and congregations
- Charles Taylor and Hannah Arendt inspired writings and commentary is a page currently under construction.
- The Booklets and Books Page is currently under construction
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