Before Clapham
Fri 30 Oct 2009 • Responses: 2 • by Cherie Harder and Peter Edman
![Photo: Colin Smith [Wikipedia], CC License](http://www.ttf.org/images/barham-court.jpg "Barham Court, Teston, Kent, UK")
The Legacy of Margaret Middleton
Lady Margaret Middleton is a nearly forgotten hero of abolition and a critical early influence on William Wilberforce through her networking, hospitality, and passion for justice.
Secularism’s Special Pleading
Mon 05 Oct 2009 • Responses: 3 • by Hunter Baker
Wishing for the Naked Public Square
Hunter Baker looks at efforts to enforce a strict secularism in public discourse. Why would we need to prohibit people from using any public argument they wish to offer?
The Importance of Gratitude
Wed 02 Sep 2009 • Responses: 1 • by Roger Scruton
Moving from charity to justice—from gift to rights—has social costs
Senior Fellow Roger Scruton reflects on the nature of gratitude and the cultural costs of ingratitude. When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims.
The courage of faith
Fri 28 Aug 2009 • Responses: 2 • by Al Sikes
Reflections on the rise of Corazon Aquino
Trinity Forum Chairman Al Sikes remembers Corazon Aquino and the faith under fire that helped bring her to power.
On Forswearing Greed
Fri 24 Jul 2009 • Responses: 2 • by Al Sikes
Oaths and the Greater Good
Trinity Forum Chairman Al Sikes reflects on the pledge taken by members of the Harvard Business School class of 2009.
Opening Doors
Sun 12 Jul 2009 • Responses: 2 • by Malcolm Briggs
Responding to a Cut-Flower Society
Trinity Forum Trustee Malcolm Briggs asks us to recalibrate who and what we admire.
Embracing Our Creative Limitations
Fri 19 Jun 2009 by Patrick Kavanaugh
The real obstacle may be too many possibilities
Composer and conductor Patrick Kavanaugh helps us see the way our limitations can drive creativity.
Gollum as Everyman
Fri 15 May 2009 • Responses: 1 • by David Naugle
This article is adapted from material in Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness (Eerdmans 2008).
“There is not any thing in this world, perhaps, that is more talked of, and less understood, than the business of a happy life.” Seneca said this centuries ago, and it is still true today.
Down the ages, the best human thinking has connected our happiness with what we love. What do you love? How do you love the things that you love? What do you expect from the things you love? There aren’t too many questions more important than these. The reason is that what we love makes us who we are. If we love something that cannot sustain the weight of our expectations, or if we love something in the wrong way, such disordered loves will destroy the very happiness we seek and will eventually disfigure us.
Faith, on the evidence
Thu 07 May 2009 • Responses: 1 • by Al Sikes
Confronting the unknown
Trinity Forum Chairman Al Sikes reflects on faith and evidence.
Travels with Charley—and God
Wed 06 May 2009 • Responses: 7 • by Kelly Soifer
Reflections on an unresolved life
Kelly Soifer reflects on the paradoxes of John Steinbeck after reading his cheerful 1960 travel book.
