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Culture • Christianity & Culture

Dostoyevsky in Djibouti

Baylee Eby | 6 min read

“The more I love humanity in general the less I love man in particular. In my dreams, I often make plans for the service of humanity, and perhaps I might actually face crucifixion if it were suddenly necessary. Yet I am incapable of living in the same room with anyone for two days together. I...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Until Hope and History Rhyme

Todd Deatherage | 4 min read

Advent teaches us how to live as we wait.

Faith • Biblical Reflections

A High Vocation Held Lightly

Adrienne Shore | 3 min read

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.” – C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves The interconnectedness of joy and pain in a mother’s calling is uniquely expressed in childbirth. Expecting a child awakens in a woman such varied and intense emotions ranging...

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...

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...

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

Flying the Speaker In: Ambition, Distance, and Destiny

Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 4 min read

As a young pastor, years ago, my father was often bemused by the variable of travel — especially travel of great distances — to the significance, value, and draw of a guest speaker. A speaker that had been “flown in” was endowed with a crowd-drawing gravitas with which the local options couldn’t compete. (The same...

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