Culture On Toronto’s Sidewalks: A Spirituality of Place and the Built Environment Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 7 min read Missio interviews Heikki Walden, a residential real estate agent in Toronto, Canada, who blogs at City Positive. "As a realtor, I get to hear the basic longings of people for connection to their built environment on a daily basis. When I listen to my clients explain where and how they want to live, I often hear their own longing to find meaning in their surroundings." Continue Reading
Culture The Politics of Self-Deception Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read The politics of self-deception? In the long years that I taught at the American Studies Program on Capitol Hill, I gave a lecture towards the end of each semester on... Continue Reading
Vocation The Labor of Resurrection Jessica Garber | 3 min read When people hear that I am a labor and delivery nurse usually the first thing out of their mouths is “Oh, such happy nursing!” or “You get all the fun!”... Continue Reading
Faith • Theological Reflections Forgiveness. First. Josh Williams | 3 min read As a fourth year medical student, I traveled to Papua, New Guinea to spend two months at Rumginae Rural Hospital, a small facility with two international physicians and twenty staff... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Good Friday and Broken Bodies Laura Tardie | 3 min read I pulled back the curtain to the patient’s room in the Emergency Department. It billowed like a hot air balloon from the crowd of medical experts surrounding the patient in... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Footwashing and Forgiveness Lindsey Long | 3 min read Tonight is Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday. This is the night we remember the work of Christ’s hands. These are the very hands that will soon have nails driven through... Continue Reading
