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Culture • Christianity & Culture

Skipping the Sabbath

Adam Joyce | 3 min read

The Evangelical faith and work conversation has gone through a renaissance recently. First in the 1980s and again in past 10 years books, articles and blogs addressing the subject of work have become nothing short of populous. Yet across the board, Sabbath-keeping makes a rare appearance in the faith and work discussion. Whether Lutheran or...

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

Artisans of the Impossible?

Brian Jensen | 3 min read

We are, in the words of David Dark, artisans of the possible – hopeful for what could and should be in the world.[1] We’re uncomfortable with the status quo and understand the responsibility of cultural renewal. Sounds nice, but how do we hold on to this when faced with some of life’s difficulties that easily...

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...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Footwashing and Forgiveness

Lindsey Long | 3 min read

Tonight is Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday. This is the night we remember the work of Christ’s hands. These are the very hands that will soon have nails driven through them securing them to a rough-hewn cross. But before that, the coarse, calloused hands of a carpenter turned wandering Rabbi take bread, break it and...

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