Culture • Popular Culture Telos, Praxis and Gio Gonzalez Too Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Telos and praxis. Mostly we don’t use words like that, unusual as they are; but that doesn’t make them bad words, or even irrelevant words. In fact they are words... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture A Good Prayer Dr. Steven Garber | < 1 min read Almost ten years ago I spoke at a conference on “The Faces of Justice,” and met Jena Lee (now Nardella), then an undergraduate. Over time we have become friends and... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture A Foreword to “Crossed Lives–Crossed Purposes” by Ray Blunt Dr. Steven Garber | 6 min read Sometimes very innocent conversations can have consequences that echo across time. For example, when I first asked Ray Blunt, “So what is your work?” He told me of his teaching... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Wonderfully, Horribly Complex as We Are Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read The human heart is complex—wonderfully so, horribly so. And at our best we see through a glass darkly, knowing some things, not knowing other things. I thought of this today... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture On “The Artist” and more Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Meg and I saw the film, “The Artist” last night. A bit reluctantly, I confess. For months now, I have wondered whether a silent film in black-and-white would be worth... Continue Reading
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