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Culture • Christianity & Culture

The Culture is Upstream from Politics, Again

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

When I was a boy, my grandfather and I spent summers buying cattle throughout Colorado. Mostly of course, he was the buyer, but there were moments when, with a certain twinkle in his eye, he would let me be the bidder, nudging me to know when to move my hand so that the auctioneer knew...

Vocation • On Daily Work

Missio on Gen. 13: Erleichda

P. Alan Major | 2 min read

Erleichda. It translates as “Lighten up.” Of course, it’s actually a made-up word, from a fictional language, which only exists in the world of Tom Robbins’ Jitterbug Perfume. I’ve never read Jitterbug Perfume. But my mother had. And for some reason, that pretend word resounded with her. And for some reason, that pretend word came...

Vocation • On Daily Work

To Keep On Keeping On, One More Time

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

To keep on keeping on. In my dropped-out years, I lived in the Bay Area of California, more often than not hitch-hiking between Palo Alto and Berkeley through the weeks of the year. During the day, and often at night, I was the managing editor of a magazine born of the revolutionary zeal of the...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Generosity: Ever Heard of South Sudan?

Stanton Coman | 4 min read

I majored in geography in college because I love people, places, and the space between cultures. Most of my undergrad courses focused on development issues in Central and South America, covering both the theory and implementation of modern development strategies. My favorite part of these courses, the thing that kept me engaged with my coursework,...

Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

The Way of Praxis

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

A strange, but graceful juxtaposition— but that is the way of Praxis. With a vision for the way the world ought to be, and perhaps even could be, year by year they bring together some of the greatest needs that we see and hear from every corner of the earth, with very good and gifted...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Generosity: Work Like No One’s Watching

Alexis Stanford | 3 min read

My mom has a lot of sayings. A lot. She is chock full of expressions, metaphors, and phrases which she uses often and which have, whether for good or ill, become a natural part of my own vernacular. One of the expressions she repeated often when my sister and I were children is “Now don’t...

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