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Today is Mardi Gras, more affectionately known as Fat Tuesday, a holiday which I have fond memories celebrating while growing up. The local radio station in my small, Midwestern town held an annual call-in contest on Fat Tuesday in which … more »

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 of Bob Dylan” as I made my way from Pennsylvania … more »

Common grace for the common good—and cows, milk, a city, and a man whose vocation holds them all together. Because of years living in relation to Pittsburgh—some years as a resident and many years as a visitor –I have been … more »

“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 hear– and sometimes we protest, sometimes we lament, sometimes we … more »

This past week we hosted a group of DMin students who are studying “Faith, Vocation & Culture”—a surprisingly good name for focused learning and life –talking, thinking, eating, and praying from Monday through Friday. It is the long fruit of … more »

The Holidays are over, the old year has gone, and now we look forward to another year of work and labor under the sun.  For some, this marks another year of drudgery, for others, a year of exciting opportunity.  But … more »