Vocation • On Daily Work Well Grounded: A Barista’s Thoughts on Faith and Starbucks Anna Harris | 4 min read Adam Singleton, 27, has worked at the Starbucks Coffee Corporation for five years. For the past four he has been a shift supervisor. His work includes organizing, planning, and problem-solving within the standards and daily routine that come with working in a Starbucks coffee shop. The following interview explores his thoughts on the relationship between... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Chasing Misery: An Interview about Humanitarian Aid Work with Kelsey Hoppe Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 6 min read Kelsey Hoppe works for the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF), a membership organization of international NGOs providing humanitarian aid in Pakistan, where she lives. Previously, she worked in a range of different humanitarian and development roles in places like Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Indonesia, and Ukraine. Ms. Hoppe is also heading up a project to publish an... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Technology in Pursuit of the Truth: An Interview with Andrew Fennig Adam Joyce | 7 min read Andrew Fennig started in the public sector working to solve problems with good policy and is now in the private sector trying to do the same with good technology. He is currently launching Conferam, a discussion platform designed exclusively for disagreement. When all sides of a controversy can address each other’s concerns on the same... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Through the Jesus Lens: An Interview with Dave and Kathi Peters of Global Story2 Films Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 11 min read Dave and Kathi Peters are Global Story2 Films, an American husband-and-wife film-making team who often tell stories about the world’s forgotten and abandoned on film. Their work has brought them to India, Guatemala, China, Haiti, Jamaica, and Uganda, as well as many parts of the United States. TWI: When and how did you begin to... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work An Interview with Eldon Stoffel Adam Joyce | 5 min read Eldon Stoffel is a painter who lives in the Washington, D.C. area. TWI: How have you developed your own sense of calling and theological language for your work? Are there any tensions or complexities that trip you up when you think about your work being part of God’s work? When I came to the Lord... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations An Interview with Chas Edens Adam Joyce | 6 min read Chas Edens is Director and Garden Manager of Anathoth Community Garden in Cedar Grove, NC. TWI: What makes a good farm? The impulse for most of us modern folks is to think of land in terms of its potential (a forest for its paper, a mountain for its coal deposits) and to see a place... Continue Reading
