Culture What is legal is right–and why we don’t really think so Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Rarely have we seen anything like the response to the sordid sadness at Penn State. For a thousand different reasons it is tragic. But of all that might be said,... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections A Story of Grace: Liturgy, Labor, and Congregational Life Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read Sometimes we smile at how things work out. Early on in our life of The Washington Institute, the Lilly Endowment drew us in to help with a far-reaching grant that... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation An Interview With Pastor Tom Nelson Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read On the heels of the release of Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work, Steve Garber sat down with author Tom Nelson to discuss his call as a Pastor to... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Work Matters–a very good new book Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read (Often we are asked to write recommendations for books. The few sentences on the back of books that either draw us in, or keep us out– the words matter. Over... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Vocare: A Conversation About Calling Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read What on earth is a lapsometer? That is where our Vocare evening began last night. A table of therapists, after all—psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, in many different ways people... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture The Politics of Self-Deception Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read In the years when I kept files of newspaper articles and magazine essays—the world before Google search –the largest file was one I called “the politics of self-deception.” Drawn in... Continue Reading