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Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Just Economics: From Jerusalem to South Asia

Cara Brown | 4 min read

There are times when I read the Bible that the people and their cultures seem so far away from me that I feel detached from the story. Their lives are so different from mine in how they eat, dress, where they live, etc. Yet the more I read and dissect their lives, the more I...

Culture • Popular Culture

The Wound of Knowledge

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

“Never say that a soldier does not know the cost of war.” As the story comes to its sober conclusion, this is the response of the British army officer to the cabinet secretary who is bitterly critical of the decision-making at the heart of the film, “Eye in the Sky.” Protesting loudly, she is sure...

Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

Missio on Joseph: Which Dream to Pick

Katelyn Kuck | 4 min read

Dreams are odd things. We sleep away about a third of our lives, resting our bodies and letting our brains piece together and process all that has happened during the day. Beyond that, science has no compelling answer for why we dream. But God has the power to take that mystery and use it to...

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

Redeeming Vocation: Shutting Down “Underground Economies”

Luke Bobo | 3 min read

Although the word, ‘covenant,’ is not spoken in Genesis 1-2, all the elements of a covenant are present – showing that God entered into a covenantal relationship with Adam and Eve. It was a covenant that God initiated. In response to this act of divine grace, Adam and Eve were to use their vocations, their...

Culture • Popular Culture

Justice Cannot Be Just Us

Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read

“At crucial moments of choice, most of the business of choosing is already over.” There are some truths that are true across time, perennially true. Year after year, generation after generation, century after century, civilization after civilization. In a sentence, the Oxford moral philosopher Iris Murdoch captured the heart of our humanness. We see out...

Culture • Current Conversations

Living In and Stepping Out of Privilege, Part 2

Lindsey Yoder | 5 min read

I wrote last week’s discussion concerning privilege and racial reconciliation with no idea of the events of Wednesday, June 17 at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. We mourn with our brothers and sisters who lost their friends and family members at the gun-drawn hand of Dylann Roof. His actions were, in no uncertain terms,...

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