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Being Wrong is Glorious

A journey through life in which we allow ourselves to ask such questions, and to apprehend beauty, is a journey in which we will learn to be wrong. And learn that being wrong is truly glorious, because it heightens our joy in finding and being found by God, whose beauty is past change.

Culture • Vocation • Christianity & Culture

Honor, Shame, and Vocation

Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 3 min read

“There are basically three kinds of cultures in the world: guilt-based, fear-based, or shame-based. Guilt-based and fear-based cultures have been much more open to the good news of Jesus than shame-based cultures. It is critical that we understand the dynamics of honor and shame to communicate effectively the good news of Jesus within this cultural...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

By His Wounds, We Are Healed

Adrienne Shore | 4 min read

I grew up in a small town in New England, a suburban area just outside of New York City. Most of my peers attended the large Catholic parish in town, and to me, it seemed our family of non-denominational evangelical Protestant Christians was in the minority. Every spring, I would overhear my friends talking about...

Culture • Current Conversations

From Efficacy to Fidelity: An Interview with Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 12 min read

Tyler Wigg-Stevenson talks with TWI's Missio about his book, The World is Not Ours to Save; the future of the Two Futures Project, and his assessment of nuclear politics today; and on the concept of vocation: "The New Testament asks of us . . . how are you what you are?"

Vocation • On Daily Work

To Know the World, and to Still Love It

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

The majority world. I still remember sitting with a worldly wise man in Oxford 25 years ago, and hearing the phrase, “the two-thirds world.” Up to that point I was satisfied with my deepening, broadening world view that saw most of the world as “the third world.” But as we talked that day, I immediately...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Why Not Be Cynical?

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

There are a million good reasons to be cynical. And every day I think about it, looking at the world as I do, seeing something of its messiness, its injustice, its horror, its pain. Why wouldn’t we? Why don’t we? This morning I met with a group of men (yes, only men!), who meet regularly...

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