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“What a cute baby!” the middle aged woman exclaims. “Are you babysitting her today?” I smile politely and shuffle my daughter from one arm to the other. No, I respond, I don’t babysit her – I’m her father. This is a sentiment I encounter nearly every time I venture into public with my child. People...

Vocation

The Labor of Resurrection

Jessica Garber | 3 min read

When people hear that I am a labor and delivery nurse usually the first thing out of their mouths is “Oh, such happy nursing!” or “You get all the fun!” Or a squeal accompanied by an imaginary infant rocking between their arms—implying that my job involves holding cooing infants all day long. Mostly I smile and...

Faith • Theological Reflections

Forgiveness. First.

Josh Williams | 3 min read

As a fourth year medical student, I traveled to Papua, New Guinea to spend two months at Rumginae Rural Hospital, a small facility with two international physicians and twenty staff serving tens of thousands of Melanesians living amidst countless acres of jungle. It was an incredible experience filled with joy, frustration, miracles, hardship, and demonstration...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Good Friday and Broken Bodies

Laura Tardie | 3 min read

I pulled back the curtain to the patient’s room in the Emergency Department. It billowed like a hot air balloon from the crowd of medical experts surrounding the patient in her bed. She was too unstable to move to the ICU, so they continued CPR in her room. “Another round of epi!” someone shouted. The...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Missio Dei in the World

Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 12 min read

Each week, the Missio blog will feature a post from the global perspective, highlighting the nexus of faith, vocation, and culture beyond the borders of the United States. For some, their vocation involves reaching into or living in other parts of the world, pressing in on places of need and struggle, or discovering people, places, and cultures...

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