It's a new year! The podcast is not really going to change very much as far as I can tell in 2018, but I hope you keep coming along for the ride! We have some literary articles today along with some discussion on the value of work, troubling trends in education and the impact of gratitude. Enjoy!

1. Sherlock Homeless by Joseph Pierce from The Imaginative Conservative

2. J.R.R. Tolkien: The Missionary's Ideal Companion by Jaclyn S. Parrish from the International Mission Board

3. The Dystopian Prospects of a World without Work by Joseph Sunde from the Acton Institute Powerblog

4. Whose School Is It? by Tom Jay from Crisis Magazine

5. Does "Counting Your Blessings" Work? by Sonya Huber from The Atlantic

All music from audionautix.com.