Culture • Christianity & Culture Why Bother If It’s All Going to Burn Up Anyway? Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 13 min read Many moons ago when I was in college and dinosaurs roamed the earth, as a relatively new Christian, I was an environmental studies and public policy major, something that was a relatively new concentration at that point at the academic level and something that made me somewhat suspect among many Christians in the United States.... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation The Holy Land of our Lives: The Vocation of John Muir, and What His Means for Ours Dr. Steven Garber | 7 min read “I don’t like either the word [hiking] or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains — not hike! Do you know the origin of that word ‘saunter?’ It’s a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work The Need to be Needed: Finding Dignity in Our Life’s Work Erin Rodewald | 13 min read More than a dozen years have passed since we buried my father-in-law. I sometimes wonder what he would make of our historical moment. Jim had a servant’s heart, and COVID has made service problematic. I only recognized that admirable quality in Jim at his memorial service. It wasn’t a big affair, but I was overcome... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Reading the Bible as One Story Hugh Whelchel | 8 min read Adapted from Hugh Whelchel’s book All Things New: Rediscovering the Four-Chapter Gospel. A powerful scene at the end of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings was not in the movie. After the ring is destroyed at Mount Doom and the eagles rescue Sam and Frodo, Sam wakes up from his sleep in... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation Embracing the Unknown: Rethinking the Job Search John Kyle | 9 min read Having a new job is exciting – new challenges and experiences, opportunities to work with new people, and chance to learn and grow professionally. Finding a new job, on the other hand, can seem like navigating a maze with many unexpected turns and dead ends. The ebbs and flows of the job search quickly turn... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Missio on Gen. 11: Foot of Pride Dave Saville | 6 min read It’s like the earth just opened and swallowed him up He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground… Well there ain’t no going back when your foot of pride comes down Ain’t no going back. — Bob Dylan, “Foot of Pride In an insightful review of HBO’s latest release, Westworld, film critic Christopher Orr... Continue Reading
