Vocation • Finding Your Vocation Conversation: Discerning Vocation as a Community C. Christopher Smith | 7 min read [Editor’s note: This is the third, and final, post in the “Slow Work of Life” series, a collaboration between TWI’s Missio and Slow Church exploring the patient ways that vocation can be cultivated in a community through... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Amusing Ourselves to Death Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read There are tragedies, and I’m not sure the Kardashians count as one— but their celebrity is a national sorrow. A couple days ago I flew across America, and sat next... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation Reading and Vocation in the Local Church C. Christopher Smith | 6 min read Cultures and community habits of reading books and resources including and beyond the Bible are foundational to developing our capacity to discern how to live faithfully to the scriptural story in our particular time and place. Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture On Tender Mercies Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read “I don’t trust happiness. Never did, never will.” If it sounds like a country song…. Meg and I watched “Tender Mercies” this week, the film about a down-and-out singer who... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections The Man Born to be King Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read For many millions the world over, this is a week of musing over the deepest things. Some look for quiet, some for conversation. Whoever we are, whatever we do, the... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections The Hope of Good Friday Adrienne Shore | 7 min read The promise of Good Friday is that when our world is turned upside down, and even our own hearts flee for cover, we have hope. Continue Reading
