Culture • Popular Culture On Views and Voyeurs Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Sometimes words are very interesting. Take “view,” for example. Its etymology connects it to words like see, know, and vision. An early Latin root is “videre,” and in that we... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Has Foodie Culture Forgotten the Poor? Erik Bonkovsky | 4 min read I recently attended a Public Square event hosted by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. We discussed recent survey results about how “it” cities like Richmond can attract and keep millennial professionals, who represent the future... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture It’s a Very Fallen World Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “Daddy, it’s a very fallen world.” Almost 30 years ago my daughter Eden and I hiked up Sugarloaf, an innocently-named mountain above Bear Trap Ranch in Colorado. Though I can’t... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections The Sin that Doesn’t Feel Sinful Rachel Blackmon Bryars | 4 min read When I read the emotional and angry email, my eyes widened and my heart started pounding. There was a misunderstanding— an unfortunate mix-up between a former neighbor and me. I... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture If I Don’t Know, Then I’m Not Responsible Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read What will I do with what I know? There is nothing more primordial than the responsibility of knowledge, and it is our glory and our shame. As Havel argued so... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Perfect Shells, Perfect Marriages Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Walking along the beach early one morning about 15 years ago, I kept looking for a perfect seashell. Sure that one was to be found, I stopped and stopped again,... Continue Reading