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Author: Taylor BarkleyTaylor Barkley is the Director of Public Policy for the Abundance Institute. His hope is that the future will be so much better than today that we wouldn't believe it if we saw it. Taylor's expertise is at the intersection of culture, technology, and innovation. His writing has been featured and published in outlets including IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Scientific American, and USA Today. Fox Business, Marketplace, and various talk radio and podcasts have featured him as a commentator on technology issues. He has extensive experience working with state-based technology policy projects and partners and most major federal technology policy topics. Previously he was the Director of Technology and Innovation at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University and before that, the Director of Technology and Innovation at Stand Together Trust and Stand Together. He was also the Government Affairs Manager at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Assistant Director of Outreach for Technology Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is originally from southern California and a graduate of Taylor University in Indiana with a double major in history and political science. He and his family live in the Washington, DC area. For links to his professional and personal writing visit www.taylordbarkley.com.

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Review: The Lego Movie

By: Taylor Barkley

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I am a fully grown man and I’m not ashamed to admit I went to see The Lego Movie with…

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This past Martin Luther King Jr. day I was made aware of one of Dr. King’s sermons called “The Three…

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On June 29, 2013 in Starke, Florida, the first monument to atheism to be erected on government property was dedicated….

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The Four-Chapter Gospel in Our Work

By: Taylor Barkley

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Authors on this blog often make reference to the four-chapter gospel: creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. How do these concepts…

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Since childhood, many of us were raised to respect the people around us, particularly our elders. Since that time, habits…

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Balancing Work, Family, Community, and Faith

By: Taylor Barkley

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What is the right amount of time to spend at work? I recently watched the documentary Happy, which explores the…

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Meeting Needs In Unexpected Places

By: Taylor Barkley

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The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about high school students in Citronelle, Alabama using the Wi-Fi at McDonald’s…

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Economics: Part of God’s Created Order

By: Taylor Barkley

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By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not…

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Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always…

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Taylor University, my alma mater, is a small, Christian, liberal arts university in Upland, Indiana. I attended that fine institution…

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