For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to...
The ongoing pain for so many in our culture today has led some to adapt the stock greeting “How are you doing?”/ “I’m fine” into something more honest, more vulnerable, more reflective of the moment. “Frankly, I don’t know how I am doing until I...
Program Director Adam Borneman continues his conversation with Terrence Smith (Kill Pride Club) and journalist Alex Allison about the harmful gap between the personal and the theoretical, how small actions build up over time, and appreciating the ways that Jesus complicates the narrative for us....
Over the past year, I’ve somewhat frequently returned to Ted Gioia’s “The Crisis of Seriousness.” Gioia laments, “Lifestyles are increasingly about pretending. Your real self stays in hiding, while your fake self gets presented in the most spectacular way on social media and other digital...
Where is the tipping point between doing faithful work on behalf of your church and thinking it all depends on you? Not just you individually, but your whole board? You don’t want to let your fellow congregants down and you certainly don’t want to let...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with journalist Alex Allison and Terrence Smith (Kill Pride Club) about embracing human complexity, avoiding the "single story" trap, and how the connect the dots as followers of Jesus....
As we rise to meet this new day, let us do so with a living hope – not the frail optimism that depends on human efforts and ingenuity – but rather the living hope God has graciously granted us through the resurrection of Jesus. As we...
In the 1910s and 1920s, four of the most influential figures of their era—Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs—began taking yearly camping trips together. They called themselves “The Vagabonds.” Imagine it: the man who perfected the assembly line, the genius of electric light, the...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Laura Murray and Kevin Walker about Laura's latest book, the spiritual practice of hospitality, how Kevin's work as a basketball coach touches on eternal work, and hospitality as the work of repair....