Vocation • On Daily Work Woodworking, Building a Business, and Spiritual Formation in Light of Genesis 1 Collin Young | 3 min read In Genesis 1, God worked. He made this world and made us – in His image. And He said it was good, even very good. For me, the best way I feel that I image God well is through turning wood. My most recent project involved creating a wooden stand for my straight razor and... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work With Jimmy and Louise in Stuarts Draft Stanton Coman | 4 min read When I was a child I was lucky enough to have two sets of incredible grandparents who lived less than two hours away. My mother’s parents, Jimmy and Louise, lived in the middle of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in a little town called Stuarts Draft. It’s a farm town, a slow town and I... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections “Let’s Start at the Very Beginning, a Very Good Place to Start” Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 3 min read “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…” Julie Andrews sang Rodgers and Hammerstein’s famous line in The Sound of Music. And that’s good advice. Genesis 1 and 2 bear a disproportionate influence on our understanding of our world because they show us the way God made it – before human... Continue Reading
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
