Culture • Current Conversations Formative Farming: An Interview with Phillip Jensen Adam Joyce | 6 min read Phillip Jensen grew up in rural Iowa. He and his family returned there three years ago to follow their particular calling of farming and ministry. They grow several acres of... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Requiescat in Pace Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read St. Augustine and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The one is someone we mostly know about who lived a long time ago, the other is someone we all know just died from... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Betting on Hope Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Welcome to Washington, city of glories and shames. Yesterday I stepped into a world that I know very well, the American Studies Program on Capitol Hill. For 15 years I... Continue Reading
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 • Christianity & Culture Why Not Be Cynical? Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read There are a million good reasons to be cynical. And every day I think about it, looking at the world as I do, seeing something of its messiness, its injustice,... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Love in the Ruins Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Love in the ruins—and to be honest, we don’t get better than that. Meg and I saw the film “Her” this weekend, and it’s not one that I could say,... Continue Reading