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
Culture • Current Conversations Religious Freedom: An Essential Lyric for Human Flourishing Erin Rodewald | 10 min read Some people, many in fact, believe the absence of religion would make for a happier, more peaceful existence here on planet earth. In the early 1970s, John Lennon enshrined that... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections A Proverb in a Collection is Dead? Scott C. Jones | 12 min read Attempts to read straight through the Bible rarely make it as far as Proverbs. The descriptions of the tabernacle in Exodus often knock out the first group of would-be “Bible... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections No Polite Prayers: How Psalm 77 Helps Us Pray Fiercely Rev. Joe Palekas | 13 min read How might you describe your conversations with God? What words would you use to characterize your tone or approach? For those of us who have spent any amount of time... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation He Takes Her Pain into His Hands Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “He takes her pain into his hands.” Wanting to pay attention—in that deepest way that Simone Weil calls us to —I have been reading a novel by Eugene Vodolazkin, set... Continue Reading
