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....
To preach about politics or not to preach about politics—that is a question many pastors are now asking with urgency. Those who say we should preach about politics often reference 20th c. German theologian Karl Barth, who said that preachers should hold a Bible in one...
“When you’re explaining, you’re losing.” Politicians of all stripes like to use this simple statement, often attributed to Ronald Reagan, as a guide to commanding attention and winning votes. A 2024 survey asked over 3,000 new car buyers how much a test-drive entered into their car-buying...
Program Staff Jennifer Watley Maxell and Adam Borneman continue their conversation with Julie Tiemann and Avril Speaks about telling the old stories in a new way, the power of being for the things of God, and what tools we might use to construct "the next...