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One Small Thread
Articles | LowellSomehow, I grew up with this notion that our lives are compartmentalized- that there are times for celebration, times to mourn, times to be quiet, and maybe a little time to be boisterous. Call it an Ecclesiastical view of life. This is true to an extent, but I feel I took it a little too far- Church was for Sunday and maybe Wednesday night, school is for studying and socializing, etc. And I think, like most teenagers, my world was pretty small and self-centered. My faith didn't really permeate each aspect of my life.
Ideas and Giants
Articles | HaseltineI have no sense of exactly when I first became aware that deep within my soul, or more precise, deep within my gut, an ache and a restlessness, a physical response to things not right in the world, had grown. I had a revelation that once I was just an innocent bystander but I had been chosen to become owner or steward of pain and suffering that I only just observed in the lives of other people.
Blood Water Mission: One band's journey from Nashville to Africa
Articles | GarberWhy is it that some people see themselves as implicated in the way the world is, and isn’t? in the way things are, and ought to be? There is nothing in the record deal signed by the Jars of Clay that requires them to care about the complexities of Africa, particularly about the structural problems that are horribly difficult and so very long-term. There are no cheap fixes. Only deep commitment, a sense of responsibility marked by love, will do.
A Reason for Being
Articles | GarberFor people who care about America and its history—past, present, and future -- the stakes are not small, for the church and for the culture. It is for this reason that The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation, and Culture has come into being. With a vision that is at the same time very local and embodied, and very national and international, we are a network of men and women who are learning about the meaning of vocation, of what it means to hear God as he calls people to care for the world in his name. We believe it is a strategic place to begin— seeking the renewal of our common life as we do so.
Only Connect
Articles | GarberOnly connect. Almost one hundred years ago E. M. Forester began his novel, Howard’s End, with these two words. Seeing into the mixed blessing of an industrializing world, with remarkable intuitive insight he offers a story of a businessman who lives a painfully compartmentalized life.?
A Wound in My Heart Has Been Healed
Articles | GarberOn Kenya, Kazakhstan, and K Street too
Why is it that when we pray together as the people of God gathered for worship on Sunday, we regularly pray for our missionaries in Kenya and Kazakhstan, but not for our attorneys on K Street?
Sex in the Society
Articles | GarberTom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons as a Window into Who We Are and How We Live
Not a week goes by when I am not drawn into commenting on the sexualizing of American culture. Sometimes this happens in a very tender conversation over a cup of tea, listening to the tears of someone’s heart as they tell a tale of hope and sorrow, of yearning and grief. Sometimes it is in a much more public place like a classroom where the intimacy is gone, but the issues are just as live and have far-reaching consequence.
