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July 2014

July 11, 2014

Rest in Peace, Karen

(Originally posted July 1, 2014.) Rest in peace, my friend. A good woman has come...

July 07, 2014

A new review of the book Visions of Vocation

We're always so please to see that people are reading, enjoying, and taking meaning from Visions...

July 03, 2014

Whatever is, is right

“Altogether, the Old Bailey, at that date, was a choice illustration of the precept, that...

June 2014

June 29, 2014

On the power to convene

Washington DC is a strange and wonderful place. For years I have seen it...

June 24, 2014

The covenantal cosmos

Common grace for the common good. Recently I gave the commencement address at Covenant Theological...

June 18, 2014

Dear Steve: Do multiple careers add up to one vocation?

From: Teacher Steve Subject: Trend in "Slash" or concurrent careers/vocations "Visions of Vocation" - Excellent book....

June 14, 2014

Dear Steve: How do I find work that matters–and pays?

From: Deanna Subject: "Work" versus a paying Job I am always busy doing something. It...

June 08, 2014

Whole hearts, broken hearts

“The only whole heart is a broken heart.” I finally finished The Father’s Tale, all...

June 04, 2014

What is education all about, anyway?

(Originally posted December 2013) Lewis and Clark. An expedition but also a college, and yesterday...

June 01, 2014

Integral, not incidental

(Originally published in May 2014.) Integral, not incidental. I think most of us want coherent...

May 2014

May 16, 2014

On vocation and occupation

We long for what we do to grow out of who we are, for our...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

Conversations with consequences, again

Can it all make sense? Does it hold together? How do I find my way...

April 05, 2014

Betting on hope

Could we honestly, actually, commit ourselves to doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with...

April 01, 2014

Questions and their consequences

Who are we? What kind of world do we live in? What does it mean...

March 2014

March 11, 2014

Steve Garber’s new book is here!

What if the vision of vocation can be recovered—allowing us to step into the wounds...

February 2014

February 15, 2014

Vocation as sacramental and seamless

Sometimes heaven meets earth in a hamburger. At least I think that’s possible– and when...

February 01, 2014

The way the world turns out

In countries across the African continent, we have found good people to work with, digging...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Is there a vocation in seeing?

What might it mean to see one’s work as a calling? Does it make any...

January 17, 2014

The sacramental character of our callings

Day after day we work away at this, sometimes traveling far and wide, making the...

January 17, 2014

The economics of mutuality, and more

At its core “the economics of mutuality” is a critique of the hyper-individualism and corporate...