Culture • Popular Culture Uncommon Grace, Uncommon Heroism Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read For a few years I lived my life in light of the mountain men, imagining my very ordinary days enlarged by the companionship of Kit Carson, William Sublette, Jim Beckwourth,... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The Gifts of the Magi are Still Gifts Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read This week I am thinking about the Magi, because these are the days of Epiphany, a celebration that is almost 2000 years old, running back into the 2nd century. Before... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Of the Father’s Love Begotten…. Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read I do love music, and love different kinds of music. But of all the music I know, this Christmas carol is one of those I love best. That it is... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Commonwealth and the Common Good Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Commonwealth is an unusual word in the modern world. Still used in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Massachusetts for the word “state,” it is a way of seeing life together, a... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The Long Trail of Tears Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “It matters because it reminds us of the reality of evil.” I remember hearing a National Public Radio story years ago, the very day that the Holocaust Memorial opened in... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Who Are We, Anyway? Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read “What are the Japanese peasants looking for in me? These people who live and work and die like beasts find for the first time in our teaching a path in... Continue Reading