Faith • Biblical Reflections “Let’s Start at the Very Beginning, a Very Good Place to Start” Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 3 min read “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…” Julie Andrews sang Rodgers and Hammerstein’s famous line in The Sound of Music. And that’s good advice. Genesis... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Of the Father’s Love Begotten…. Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read I do love music, and love different kinds of music. But of all the music I know, this Christmas carol is one of those I love best. That it is... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections A Meditation on Excess Productivity: Great Gifts, Stewarded Badly Katelyn Kuck | 4 min read Genesis 3: 14-20 describes the curse that befalls creation after Adam and Eve have disobeyed God in the garden. We then hear the stories of their descendants and the story... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Where Hope and History Meet Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read “I want to tell you a story….” and most of the time, young or old, we’re drawn in, hoping for a good story. Stories and story, narratives and metanarratives. In... Continue Reading
Faith • Theological Reflections Always Winter, Never Christmas Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “It is winter in Narnia,” said Mr. Tumnus, “and has been for ever so long…. always winter, but never Christmas.” There are words that capture our imaginations, often from the... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Commonwealth and the Common Good Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Commonwealth is an unusual word in the modern world. Still used in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Massachusetts for the word “state,” it is a way of seeing life together, a... Continue Reading