Culture • Popular Culture It’s a Calling– On Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “It’s a calling.” On a long cross-continental plane ride today I saw the film, “The Big Year.” Mostly I’m not interested in airplane movies, as they typically scrape the bottom... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Movies and Music–Always Reflecting and Promoting at the Same Time Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “’Well, I don’t want to leave my brains at the box-office.” Sitting next to Donald Drew in a movie theater when I as in my early twenties, he explained why... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Ash Wednesday, and a Longing for Grace Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read For a thousand reasons, very near to my heart, I find myself awakening to the poetry of U2’s “Grace.” Perhaps it is that today is Ash Wednesday, beginning days and... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Still Gotta Serve Somebody Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Driving home from Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon—after one more year of “going up to Jerusalem” for the annual Jubilee and its thesis that “everything matters” –I was listening to “The Best... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work A Calling, Lots of Cows, a City, and the Common Good Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Common grace for the common good—and cows, milk, a city, and a man whose vocation holds them all together. Because of years living in relation to Pittsburgh—some years as a... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture On Getting All A’s and Still Flunking Life Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “Getting All A’s and Still Flunking Life.” A week ago I gave a lecture to a large gathering of town-and-gown on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY. A weekend... Continue Reading
