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Faith • Biblical Reflections

A Meditation on Excess Productivity: Great Gifts, Stewarded Badly

Katelyn Kuck | 4 min read

Genesis 3: 14-20 describes the curse that befalls creation after Adam and Eve have disobeyed God in the garden. We then hear the stories of their descendants and the story of the Flood before we end up at the tower of Babel in the eleventh chapter. Very quickly, these stories set up the narrative of...

Faith • Theological Reflections

The Hopes and Fears of All the Years

Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read

As I woke this morning, all I could do was shake my head, wondering why and how it could possibly be that yesterday happened; some days are more like that than others. Over the noon hour I spoke to a group of men and women from across Phoenix who deeply care about their city, and...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Missio Advent: What’s in a Family Tree? (Part 3)

Cameron Barham | 4 min read

During Advent, Missio is concurrently running two series. On Mondays and Wednesdays Cameron Barham, lead pastor of Christ Community Church in Kennesaw, GA provides Advent devotions from the Gospel of Matthew. On Fridays, Drew Masterson of The Washington Institute provides a series of reflections on four films for Advent. And after the deportation to Babylon:...

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

The Way the World’s Supposed to Be

Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read

The way the world’s supposed to be. Is there a world like that? Do we know? How would we? What does it mean? These are the greatest questions of life, and ones that we answer very differently, given our deepest commitments about the meaning of life, our beliefs about God, the human condition, and history....

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

Baling Twine and Wendell Berry Too

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

We were walking through the pastures of his farm, and he gave a distinctive whistle; a quarter mile away I could see their heads move, then slowly the big horses began to trot their way towards their friend, Wendell Berry. We were talking about life and labor, about the world and our place in it....

Vocation • On Daily Work

Screaming Louder than God

Will Thompson | 3 min read

Work often seems to scream louder than God when I walk into my office on Massachusetts Avenue – especially in light of Genesis 3:17b-19: Cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you...

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