Faith • Theological Reflections Radical Unity: Against Protestant Consumerism and the Spirit of Schism Albert Lee | 10 min read If you belong to a local church, I wonder if you’ve felt the way that I have recently. Maybe you feel like those in church leadership agree with you on fundamental issues, but your neighbor in the pew clearly does not. Or maybe you and your neighbor have found deep agreement but find yourselves diametrically... Continue Reading
Faith • Theological Reflections Rediscovering and Relearning the Bonds of Community Erin Rodewald | 12 min read The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer. —Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together If this world was made by a triune God, a being of community, then relationships of love are what life is really all about. —Timothy Keller Since the early days of 2020, COVID-19 has wreaked social... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Technology and Spiritual Formation Rev. Matt Lietzen | 13 min read In their 2019 book Faith for Exiles, David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock released some data on the consumption of screen media in the lives of “digital natives,” individuals between the ages of 15-23. They found that the average digital native consumes 2,767 hours of screen media each year, the equivalent of 115 days of nonstop... Continue Reading
Faith • Theological Reflections The Beautiful Community: A Conversation with Irwyn Ince Rev. Matt Lietzen | 9 min read In our current landscape with COVID-19, the push toward racial justice, and an upcoming election, we are all imagining what a “new normal” might look like, how life might be different (and hopefully, better) when we emerge on the other side of these various crises. Already there is talk of how our workplaces may change... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation Community, Loneliness, and the Frameworks We Live By Molly Wicker | 7 min read “It is not easy to tell a story, certainly not when you have an indication to run quickly toward a happy ending. How can I find the courage to write stories that don’t fit a pre-fabricated frame?” -Henri Nouwen On the morning of July 1, 2019, I woke up with a pit in my stomach.... Continue Reading
Faith • Theological Reflections Honest Questions, Honest Answers Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read “I have a question.” These last few days I have been walking among the aspens of southwestern Colorado, just south of Pagosa Springs, not so far from the New Mexico border, listening to the questions of students who have taken a “gap” in their schooling. Some are just out of high school, some are in... Continue Reading
