Culture • Current Conversations The Way the World Turns Out Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read For love’s sake, to see oneself as responsible for the way the world turns out. It must have been about ten years ago that I spoke at a college in... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Sounds of Christmas: An Interview with Wen Reagan Adam Joyce | 6 min read Wen Reagan is a doctoral candidate at Duke University where he is finishing a dissertation on the cultural history of contemporary worship music in America. He also serves as the... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations A Human Purpose Beyond Consumption Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read On Black Thursday, and more. Thursday? Lamentably, yes. Under the temptation of MORE, stores like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Kmart, and others have decided to begin the shopping extravaganza a... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Lines in the Sand Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read • “The man who said ‘I’d rather be lucky than good’ saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck.... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Learning to Listen Adam Joyce | 5 min read A few weeks ago Missio was busy with a set of articles on privilege and cultural blinders—how people of privilege, especially Christians with privilege, are often unaware of how their privilege... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations The False Shalom of Colorblindness Chuck Liu | 5 min read Growing up in a predominantly white church, I learned about vertical reconciliation from a very young age. Felt storyboards and youth group retreats all taught about Jesus’ reconciliation of humanity... Continue Reading
