What we are about
The Christian Write explores how enduring moral principles can guide us through a fractured public life.
In an age of division, we believe there are questions that transcend partisan battle: What does it mean to love your neighbor? How do we balance justice with mercy? What does integrity require when power and principle collide?
Our essays draw from Christian teaching, the wisdom of the Founders, and moral philosophers across traditions: Augustine and Aquinas, Lincoln and Lewis, Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King Jr. We write for anyone seeking a moral compass in confusing times: believers and doubters, left and right, those who never left the faith and those who stepped away but still believe virtue matters.
This is not about claiming moral authority. It's about recovering a shared vocabulary, the timeless principles that help us see clearly when everything else is noise. We examine politics and culture not to declare winners, but to ask: Are we living what we profess? What would faithfulness actually look like?
The Christian Write exists for those who believe that conscience is stronger than cynicism, that compassion transcends ideology, and that a republic endures through virtue, not volume.
Founder's Note
I began The Christian Write out of a quiet frustration—and a hope.
I've watched our public life become a battleground where faith divides more than it unites, where moral language is weaponized rather than lived. I've seen genuine conviction harden into faction, and those outside faith traditions dismiss the wisdom that once built compassion and conscience into our common life.
But I've also met believers, left and right, who are troubled by the gap between Sunday professions and Monday votes. They still believe faith should challenge us, not just comfort us. And I've met thoughtful skeptics who recognize that a nation needs more than policy; it needs a moral vocabulary.
This project asks: What would integrity actually look like? Not as a slogan, but as a genuine question we're all invited to explore together.
The Christian Write draws from Scripture, history, and philosophy to ask how we might recover the virtues that outlast political battles: compassion, justice, humility, and courage. We write for anyone—believer or doubter, left or right—who suspects that truth is found not in shouting but in listening; that strength without mercy becomes cruelty; and that a republic survives through the daily practice of virtue, not the volume of our arguments.
I don't claim to have all the answers. But I believe we can begin to speak again with grace if we're willing to ask hard questions of ourselves, not just our opponents.
The Christian Write exists for those who believe conscience is stronger than cynicism, and that a republic built on virtue is worth defending.
Wilson Joseph Locke
Founder & Editor
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