Culture • Popular Culture What Do You Love? Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “What do you love?” Years ago I read these words in Augustine’s Enchiridion, his “handbook” or catechism, which over the centuries has been the most widely published of all his... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation What Will You Do With What You Know? Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Seems a long time ago now, and yet there were years in my life when I was not married to Meg. But then on a wonderful day in August of... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections On Prayer Again Adam Joyce | < 1 min read In light of the discussions of listening and calling this week, here is a prayer from Walter Brueggemann’s superb prayer collection, Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth. In the words... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation Learn the Unforced Rhythms of Grace: An Interview with J.R. Briggs Laura Merzig Fabrycky and Adam Joyce | 13 min read J.R. Briggs is the Cultural Cultivator at The Renew Community and founder of Kairos Partnerships. The Washington Institute had the pleasure of talking with him on the topic of vocation... Continue Reading
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