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Culture • Current Conversations

Extrinsic? Intrinsic?

Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read

Extrinsic? Intrinsic? Twice in the last week I have been in conversations where these words have run through my mind, making sense of the moment. In one I was on a panel, responding to questions from a diverse audience about the meaning of one’s work, and the other was over the phone with a colleague...

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

Missio on Joseph: Thinking Through Power

Eric Peterman | 4 min read

It is easy for Christians to shy away from power. Jesus Christ, the author of our faith, was essentially homeless and devoid of any earthly authority while in this world. He commanded us to turn the other cheek when attacked. When all expected him to deal a giant blow to Rome, he rode into Jerusalem...

Faith • Theological Reflections

Missio on Joseph: The Means Matter

Thomas Kent | 4 min read

In Genesis 41 Joseph rises to unimaginable power over Egypt, being second only to Pharaoh, and through his wise governance as Egypt’s grand steward, Egypt is saved from famine, as is the whole known world. This rise to power, however, is not a tale of selfish ambition; rather, it is a tale of Joseph’s faithful...

Culture • Popular Culture

To Fly, Fly Away….

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

“You must live in the place that is the station of your labor and your love. Down there in the swaying forests, the dark sleeping fields, the cold barren lands, and the cities of man, where the indestructible, the faithful, the true are needed.” Several weeks ago when I began packing for Central Europe, I...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Words That Matter

Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read

Cult. Cultivate. Culture. Last week in Bratislava, Slovakia, at the conference, “Visions for the Marketplace,” in one lecture I talked about these three words. They are not only etymologically connected, but philosophically too. They define each other, each in their own ways growing out of the other. They push-and-shove each other, moving back-and-forth on each...

Culture • Popular Culture

The Way History Happens

Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read

“What’s the good of a street that doesn’t lead to a church?” As the 1980s became the 1990s, and the world was watching the Soviet Union implode, its first indication that something was changing was what they themselves called “glasnost.” Russian for “openness,” it was the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social...

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