Vocation • On Daily Work The Common and Uncommon Graces of Baseball Stadiums Dr. Steven Garber | < 1 min read In the earliest years of The Washington Institute, David Greusel flew from Kansas City to be part of our first Vocare evenings, ones where we focused on neighborhoods and cities,... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Everyday Doxologists Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “In a word, we are created to be doxologists….” Jimmy Lin, The Rare Genomics Institute For Robert Coles, it was a day spent with Ruby Bridges—and his life was different... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Healthcare Provision and the Discipline of Listening Ryan Buchholz, Curt Thompson, Eden Garber, and Larry Bergstrom | 2 min read How does a fallen world begin to heal? How do the shattered pieces get put back together to form a picture that is even more beautiful than it was to... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work On the Auscultation of the Heart Dr. Ryan Buchholz | 3 min read “Where is the lub-dub?!” Something was terribly wrong, at the earliest possible moment in my medical career. It was a moment of crisis for me on an otherwise ordinary weeknight... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Are You Listening? Dr. Curt Thompson | 2 min read “I just don’t think you were listening. I was looking for empathy and you seemed to have your own agenda.” Truer, more sobering words were never spoken to me. Though... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Listening Is Not Hearing Eden Garber | 2 min read “You know you’re a nurse when you wash your hands before AND after using the bathroom.” This wise saying was passed along by my first professor in nursing school, Linda... Continue Reading