In a strange way, reading about the Tower of Babel reminds me of the American Dream. Those builders in the land of Shinar had a twofold goal as they began their tower: they wanted to make a name for themselves and to prevent themselves from being scattered across the world. That sounds a lot like...
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“Faith and Work.” Life in the marketplace as a Christian. The term is part of a vast constellation of “Faith and’s.” Faith and freedom, faith and work, faith and family, faith and reason… And at one level, there’s nothing objectionable in the intent of the term, or really of any of these. They merely mean...
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Genesis 1:26 gives a foundational characteristic of all people – we are made in the image of God: “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over...
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Wen Reagan is a doctoral candidate at Duke University where he is finishing a dissertation on the cultural history of contemporary worship music in America. He also serves as the music director at Christ Community Church in Chapel Hill, NC and as an artist for Cardiphonia, a national network of songwriters that produce collections of...
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In a recent interview late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien and musician Jack White discussed how their Catholic upbringings shaped how they accept praise. This topic quickly gave way to White discussing the importance of questioning one’s beliefs. He said to Conan, “If you are raised in any kind of faith or beliefs or even...
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Editor’s Note: For this article Steve Garber asked longtime friend Virginia Watson to reflect on her life and the liturgies that have kept her faith and love alive over a lifetime. All of my granddaughter Virginia’s life I have given her presents on her birthday and since I am never with her on this special day I...
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