Vocation The Vocation of Fatherhood Andy Scott | 4 min read “What a cute baby!” the middle aged woman exclaims. “Are you babysitting her today?” I smile politely and shuffle my daughter from one arm to the other. No, I respond,... Continue Reading
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
