Culture • Christianity & Culture How is God Changing People and Places? Abraham Cho & Gregory Perry | 14 min read Early on a Sunday morning in East Harlem, a young couple and their two daughters wait for the elevator up to the second-floor space where their church meets above the... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Insiders and Outsiders in Mark’s Gospel: Mark 4:21-34 Dr. Bruce Lowe | 10 min read Bible readers often imagine Matthew as the most ‘get-out-there-and-tell-people-about-Jesus’ gospel of the four gospels. Why? For one very good reason. Matthew’s gospel climaxes with the famous Great Commission: Now the... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation On Films and Food, and More Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read What does food mean, anyway? And why do we eat? For years I have been drawn into the profoundly-formed vision of Alexander Schmemann, even beginning courses on vocation by asking... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Friendly Fire in the Church: Mark 2:18-3:12 Dr. Bruce Lowe | 12 min read You likely know the expression friendly fire. It’s a tragic expression, really, because there is nothing ‘friendly’ in it at all. It is the horrible scenario in war where a... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture The Return of the Prodigal Son: From Two Artistic Vantage Points Randy Newman | 9 min read On a recent visit to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, I was drawn to a painting I had not seen there or anywhere else before. My first... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation Something More Seamless Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read “What’s the difference between my regular life, and my Christian life?” At the end of a summer school course on the nature of vocation, a woman who had been coming... Continue Reading
