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Vocation • Visions of Vocation

Whither the Christian Environmentalist?

Hannah Kinkaid | 3 min read

As an environmentalist, the creation story is foundational to my calling. Not only does it remind us that God is the ultimate creator, but it also reminds us of how things were meant to be in this world and how they will one day be restored. This gives us hope and new purpose in our...

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

What’s Wrong with “Faith and…”?

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 2 min read

“Faith and Work.” Life in the marketplace as a Christian. The term is part of a vast constellation of “Faith and’s.” Faith and freedom, faith and work, faith and family, faith and reason… And at one level, there’s nothing objectionable in the intent of the term, or really of any of these. They merely mean...

Culture • Vocation • On Daily Work

Manipulable is Disposable

John Kyle | 3 min read

Genesis 1:26 gives a foundational characteristic of all people – we are made in the image of God: “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over...

Faith • Theological Reflections

A Visit to the Reframing Shop with Jesus

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 2 min read

We all live our life by some narrative, even if it’s only “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.” The narrative frames the activity and gives it meaning. Of course, most of us have lived our lives without thinking carefully about the narrative that drives us. We go to work because everyone...

Vocation • Visions of Vocation

Tacit Touch: Massage as Vocation and Art

Maggie Johns | 5 min read

“… Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.” Mark 7:32-33 (NIV) I was...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Celebrate With a Less Automatic Reply

Kate Harrison Brennan | 4 min read

As Advent draws to its high point of expectation in this year, we must also come to terms with the restless anxiety that we are not yet ready to down tools and celebrate.

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