Faith • Biblical Reflections David Foster Wallace and Worship Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 10 min read “What’s with the singing?” A year or so ago I was talking with a non-Christian whose husband had started coming to my church, and she was very skeptical of this... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections John’s Credit Cookie Rev. David Stephenson | 6 min read You and I have both been leaving a movie when a surprise scene after the credits shows up – a “credit cookie.” You may think these are a modern development,... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Metanarrative and Narrative Dr. Steven Garber | 5 min read Words we live by— metanarrative and narrative. Most of us find it possible to get on with our lives without using those two words every day, if ever. But whether... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Vocation and Choices in “It’s a Wonderful Life” Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read “At crucial moments of choice, most of the business of choosing is already over.” How else do we explain the choice of a boy, amidst the glory of fun with... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Marley was Dead Dr. Steven Garber | 6 min read “Marley was dead… as dead as a door nail.” With those famous words we enter into one of the best-ever stories, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. It is read... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture To Keep on Keeping on Dr. Steven Garber | 5 min read To keep on keeping on. I first remember seeing those words in a “head shop” in Berkeley in the glory days of the counterculture, and they have run through my... Continue Reading
