Culture • Popular Culture On the Beach Boys… the Beatles… Bono and his band Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read The Beach Boys… the Beatles… and Bono. For a few days this week I was close enough to the Pacific Ocean to bike along the beach. Watching the sunrise, the quiet of the morning, a travel mug with Earl Grey tea… and time to think. My mind went to the Beach Boys, whose life was... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Fighting Life’s Small Battles with Wendell Berry Eric Peterman | 2 min read It seems for most of my life that I’ve been surrounded by friends who are superhero movie connoisseurs. While I find these movies to be entertaining and impressively produced, I am often left wanting. I fail to see how I can relate to men and women with unhuman-like abilities who are constantly pitted against all-powerful... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections The Resurrection and Good Funerals: An Interview with Mark Higgins Adam Joyce | 11 min read For Holy Week, Missio interviewed Mark Higgins, President of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service & Crematory in Durham, NC on his work as funeral director and the theology and practices of good funerals. Given that this week we remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is appropriate to reflect on the practices of how Christians... Continue Reading
