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Merle and Me… Breaking Up Was Hard to Do

Tod Moquist | 6 min read

(With gladness, I welcome Tod Moquist to our pages. One of my oldest friends, we began conspiring in first grade, growing up a block from each other in the great San Joaquin Valley of California. Years later, I was the editor of our high school newspaper, and Tod was the editorial editor and cartoonist; that...

Vocation

Missio on Loving the City: The TV Won’t Stop Talking

Cara Brown | 3 min read

The TV won’t stop talking. I hear so many words – terrible news stories, shallow comedy shows, meaningless reality programs, this celebrity this, that sports game that – following me wherever I go. It’s on all day at work, my phone tells me what Fox News has to say, I get email updates, and ESPN...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Loving the City: Jeremiah 29

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 3 min read

Jeremiah 29 is one of the seminal texts to biblically consider faith, work, and vocation. Unfortunately, verse 11 is often read without the surrounding context: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11, ESV)...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Rest: The Domino Effect of the Sabbath

Sara Kathryn Cole | 4 min read

Growing up, I was always taught about the importance of the Sabbath and keeping it holy. When I think of that, the only connection it had was how we would spend our Sabbath day – Sundays. Every Sunday morning, my family and I would get up and ready for church, have some argument on the...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Grumbling: America, de Tocqueville, and Complaining

Ryan Burns | 5 min read

I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers – and it was not there . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests and it was not there . . . in her rich mines and her vast world commerce – and it was not...

Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

Missio on Bezalel and Oholiab: The Work of Performance and Creativity

Madelyn Pierce | 4 min read

A question that has puzzled me for quite awhile is the idea of art, music, and all forms of creativity or performance – how they could possibly fulfill the Lord’s design for humanity? It makes sense to me that creativity does indeed point to God because He is the ultimate example of being a creator....

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