Culture • Popular Culture It’s a Calling– On Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “It’s a calling.” On a long cross-continental plane ride today I saw the film, “The Big Year.” Mostly I’m not interested in airplane movies, as they typically scrape the bottom... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Movies and Music–Always Reflecting and Promoting at the Same Time Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “’Well, I don’t want to leave my brains at the box-office.” Sitting next to Donald Drew in a movie theater when I as in my early twenties, he explained why... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Still Gotta Serve Somebody Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Driving home from Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon—after one more year of “going up to Jerusalem” for the annual Jubilee and its thesis that “everything matters” –I was listening to “The Best... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture On Getting All A’s and Still Flunking Life Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “Getting All A’s and Still Flunking Life.” A week ago I gave a lecture to a large gathering of town-and-gown on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY. A weekend... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Making Peace with Proximate Justice, Again Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “It’s just not right.” All day long in all sorts of different ways we respond to the world with words that try to make sense of what we see and... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Giacometti and Dylan, Years Later Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read There are threads that run through our lives. Yesterday I was given a tour of the Cornell University campus, and we stopped at the Johnson Art Museum, designed by I.M.... Continue Reading