Culture • Christianity & Culture Why Bother If It’s All Going to Burn Up Anyway? Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 13 min read Many moons ago when I was in college and dinosaurs roamed the earth, as a relatively new Christian, I was an environmental studies and public policy major, something that was... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation The Holy Land of our Lives: The Vocation of John Muir, and What His Means for Ours Dr. Steven Garber | 7 min read “I don’t like either the word [hiking] or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains — not hike! Do you know the origin of that word ‘saunter?’ It’s... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Too Small to Fail Rev. Ryan Laughlin | 11 min read The fact that we celebrate the American worker by not working tells us something about our relationship with work — it is very complicated. Even Labor Day itself has an... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation The Complexity of Two Histories and Two Hopes Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read I’m not a romantic. There is too much that’s wrong in the world, and given my days and years I have listened to too much heartache and seen too much... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Shackleton, “South”, and Psalm 116: Responding to Rescue Patrick Quinn | 12 min read In August 1914, a British scientist and explorer set out from England with a crew of 28 men, intent on accomplishing a spectacular goal: crossing the whole continent of Antarctica... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Fear, Greed, Workism, and the Lord’s Prayer Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 19 min read In 2019, Derek Thompson suggested in the Atlantic that work for college-educated Americans had become workism, “the most potent of new religions competing for congregants.” He noted, “No large country in... Continue Reading
