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Stories. You have to love them. And most of us do; most of us enjoy hearing a good story, not to mention telling one! Whether it be sitting as a child or adult with grandparents, hearings stories of old, or sitting with a teacher or parent (as a young child) having a book read to...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Reading to Be Wrong

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 11 min read

Ragebait, oversimplification, irrationality, and petulance…. Our tribalist and instantly outraged culture has, of course, many causes and few quick solutions. As Charley Warzel noted about one particularly outrageous tweet in a nice piece about the online portrayals of Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Olympic All Around, “Click on it, and you will learn nothing. You...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Gen. 13: Brown and Barren

Dave Saville | 4 min read

He was already old, carrying the promise, his staff, some wealth – that was true – and what? A dream? What was it the LORD had said? “Go? Leave? And I will bless you?” Was that it? It had seemed enough then. He had been younger, heaven help him. Hopefully not naïve, although by anyone’s...

Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

Let’s Start at the Very Beginning (Again)

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 3 min read

We all live our life by some narrative, even if it’s only “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.” The narrative frames the activity and gives it meaning. Of course, most of us have lived our lives without thinking carefully about the narrative that drives us. We go to work because everyone...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Missio Advent: What’s in a Family Tree? (Part 3)

Cameron Barham | 4 min read

During Advent, Missio is concurrently running two series. On Mondays and Wednesdays Cameron Barham, lead pastor of Christ Community Church in Kennesaw, GA provides Advent devotions from the Gospel of Matthew. On Fridays, Drew Masterson of The Washington Institute provides a series of reflections on four films for Advent. And after the deportation to Babylon:...

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