Culture • Popular Culture On “Silence” and More Dr. Steven Garber | 5 min read “But did he hear their screams?” My wife Meg is named after two martyrs who lost their lives during the horrible “killing times” of Scotland in the 17th-century. Two Margarets, one an older woman and the other a girl, were staked in the bay as the tide came in, condemned to death for their refusal... Continue Reading
Liturgical Reflections Gary Black on Why “Silence” Matters at Christmas Dr. Steven Garber | 8 min read Now, but not yet. Everyone everywhere, sons of Adam and daughters of Eve that we are, sees the same world, and tries to make sense. We don’t have to be philosophers to do that; in fact sometimes philosophers miss it badly. What is required is that we be human beings— ordinary men and women who... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Advent Meditations: Joy To The World Becca Hermes | 5 min read Advent. It’s a season of more than just waiting for the Christ child. It is a season of cultivating our longing for his coming. Wait… Cultivating our longing? I generally want to satisfy my longings, not cultivate them! {I begin to feel the deep rumblings of panic in my soul.} If I cultivate a longing,... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Missio on Joseph: From Punk to Pillar Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 3 min read A spoiled little brat tattletales on his brothers, and they hate him for it. Anyone could have seen that coming in Genesis 37. Of course, the response of Joseph’s brothers is rather severe: they try to kill him, only belatedly settling for selling him into slavery. Poisoned family relationships in the ultimate dysfunctional environment. As... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Missio on Justice (Acts 16:16-40): A Sacrifice Worth Making Will Thompson | 3 min read Acts 16 shows an extraordinary example of God’s sovereignty reigning over the power of men. Yet it is easy to misconstrue that sovereignty in this story. As Paul and Silas cast out a demon from a fortune-teller, her owners realize that their cash cow is now gone and hand the miracle-workers over to the authorities.... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation A Conversation with Consequences, and Cream Tea Too Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read “Do you have time for a conversation?” With different words, in different places, from different people, this question comes to me day after day. Two weeks ago I said “yes” to a young woman in Oxford, a South African doing years of graduate study there, first two masters and now a DPhil, trying to understand... Continue Reading
