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Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Sing Like Never Before: Appreciating the Theology & Stories Behind the Hymns We Love, Part I

Steve Martin | 8 min read

This article was edited and co-authored by Joe Palekas. Have you ever caught yourself singing along to a song on the radio that you know by heart, only to realize that you’ve never actually given serious thought to the words before? Worse yet, has this happened to you in church? Your eyes and heart glaze...

Culture • Popular Culture

An Inspector Calls: Agatha Christie Meets the Twilight Zone

Heidi Wong | 9 min read

One of the newest streaming services, Britbox, recently served up An Inspector Calls, the seminal work of English playwright, J.B. Priestley. Being fond of many BBC features, I decided to give it a whirl, expecting a plot with a similar feel to other British mysteries. However, I never expected “Agatha Christie meets the Twilight Zone,”...

Faith • Theological Reflections

The Promise and Perils of Faith, Vocation, and Culture: Part I – The Danger of Nationalism

Dr. Bruce Lowe | 7 min read

Why do the Old Testament Scholars Get All the Fun? This may sound like a strange thing to say, but I’m jealous of those who get to teach the Old Testament. I get paid to teach the New Testament, which I love doing, but I’m envious of those teaching the Old. Why? When it comes...

Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

On Murder Mysteries and the Meaning of Vocation Too

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

Reading a mystery? For class? Seriously? This is the second week for the Capital Fellows, the graduate seminar I teach every Monday morning through the fall, September to December, and the first book I had them read was Dorothy Sayers’ Whose Body? one of the wonderfully complex stories of Lord Peter Wimsey, the very amazing...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Loving the City: So Heavenly Minded as to be Earthly Useful

Kayla Burgess | 4 min read

I’ve always been a black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinker, which for the most part has not served me well — because most of life is lived and figured out in the gray areas. If I didn’t get an A on that assignment in college, then I failed. The cake I baked fell a little in the oven,...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Loving the City: Politics in the Land of Exile

Eric Peterman | 3 min read

Exile was a concept directly familiar to Israelites. Israel, though Abraham, Moses, and David, was given many promises. The Lord would bless and uphold his people. They were to multiply like the stars of the sky. The sons of Abraham would have a great name. The Kingdom of David would never end. Through Israel’s sin...

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