When God created us, He built work into the very core of our being and purpose: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” (Genesis 2:15, ESV) But when God laid out the principles of His law for His people, He also indicated...
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In Alsace, France there is a sixteenth century painting, the Isenheim Altarpiece, which depicts the Crucifixion with John the Baptist and Mary on either side of Jesus. Many details are noteworthy here, but what I love most is John’s finger. He is pointing to Jesus. While it may seem insignificant compared to other imagery in...
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In Genesis 1, God worked. He made this world and made us – in His image. And He said it was good, even very good. For me, the best way I feel that I image God well is through turning wood. My most recent project involved creating a wooden stand for my straight razor and...
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Genesis 3: 14-20 describes the curse that befalls creation after Adam and Eve have disobeyed God in the garden. We then hear the stories of their descendants and the story of the Flood before we end up at the tower of Babel in the eleventh chapter. Very quickly, these stories set up the narrative of...
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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...
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In the current blog series on communication technologies, we have sought to bring attention to the way in which the specific form of communication influences both the content and user. This is to say that when technology is used as a medium of communication, it exhibits biases that have consequences for the nature of communication....
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