Culture • Current Conversations An Interview with Five Iron Frenzy’s Micah Ortega Adam Thies | 5 min read Five Iron Frenzy spent eight years making music and capturing the hearts and minds of Christian outsiders: those who felt they didn’t fit with the status quo of their church... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations 9/11 and the Ruins of Memory Adam Joyce | 4 min read It is difficult to forget 9/11. I was in 10th grade at a college prep school in the D.C. area. During my second period sex education class it was announced... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Why Should You Care About the World? Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read “I’m going to lecture on ‘why you should care about the world!’” This morning I drove onto Capitol Hill, past the Capitol itself, and stopped at Bagels and Baguettes for... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Walker Percy, One More Time Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read The artists get there first, one more time. I am reading a manuscript, the galleys actually, which the publisher needs this next week. It is good work, but tedious. The... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Has Foodie Culture Forgotten the Poor? Erik Bonkovsky | 4 min read I recently attended a Public Square event hosted by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. We discussed recent survey results about how “it” cities like Richmond can attract and keep millennial professionals, who represent the future... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Chasing Misery: An Interview about Humanitarian Aid Work with Kelsey Hoppe Laura Merzig Fabrycky | 6 min read Kelsey Hoppe works for the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF), a membership organization of international NGOs providing humanitarian aid in Pakistan, where she lives. Previously, she worked in a range of different... Continue Reading
