# Institute for Christian Studies

The Institute for Christian Studies is a community-supported graduate school of philosophy within the reformational tradition.

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## [When Land Refigures Us](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/when-land-refigures-us)

_2026-08-14 · Héctor A. Acero Ferrer_

Héctor A. Acero Ferrer on Belonging, Imagination, and the Geography of Mattering

## [No Kings, Please](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/no-kings-please)

_2026-08-07 · Beth Green_

Beth Green on what Psalm 72 asks of leaders in an age of cynicism, spectacle, and political distrust.

## [Toxic Empathy?](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/toxic-empathy)

_2026-07-31 · Mark Standish_

Mark Standish reflects on how empathy’s real danger isn’t that it makes us vulnerable to others, but that it can quietly protect us from them.

## [So What Am I to Know?](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/so-what-am-i-to-know)

_2026-07-24 · Ron Kuipers_

Ron Kuipers on how "nobody told me" is not an adequate excuse

## [Introductions and Farewells](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/introductions-and-farewells)

_2026-07-10 · Beth Green_

President Beth Green on what a half-unpacked bookshelf reveals about leaving one institution well and arriving at another

## [Philosophy for a World in Crisis](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/philosophy-for-a-world-in-crisis)

_2026-07-03 · Inst. for Christian Studies_

Neal DeRoo asks the question: what if the deepest crisis we face today is spiritual, and philosophy might help us see it?

## [Capitalism and Progress in 2026](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/capitalism-and-progress-in-2026)

_2026-06-19 · Inst. for Christian Studies_

Abbi Hofstede on why a society of unprecedented power feels powerless, and where real hope begins.

## [Light for the Dark Road Ahead](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/light-for-the-dark-road-ahead)

_2026-06-12 · Ron Kuipers_

Ron Kuipers on exile, Isaiah 42, and the costly work of hope in dark times.

## [The Contemplative Life in the Age of Distraction](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/the-contemplative-life-in-the-age)

_2026-06-04 · Inst. for Christian Studies_

Jacob Benjamins on why turning toward silence might be the most practical thing we can do in a distracted, crisis-weary world.

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## [When Distractions Aren’t Enough](https://instituteforchristianstudies.substack.com/p/when-distractions-arent-enough)

_2026-05-22 · Inst. for Christian Studies_

Joel Erhardt on quieting the noise to find truth beyond facts