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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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:... Continue Reading
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.... Continue Reading
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.... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
