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November 2015

November 25, 2015

Thankful for Good Neighbors

Neighbors by choice. There is nothing magic about it, though I am sure there are...

March 2015

March 15, 2015

For the sake of the world: A Lenten mediation

Is it possible to have contemplative lives amidst the crowds, in the middle of the...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

Asking tough questions: An excerpt from the book Visions of Vocation

This excerpt from Steve Garber’s book Visions of Vocation is reprinted here with the kind permission...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

A worldview. A mentor. A community.

Originally posted in August 2014. I still remember the day when I first saw that...

September 02, 2014

A new review of Visions of Vocation

Many of you already know of Byron Borger's brilliant book review blog, Hearts and Minds Booknotes....

July 2014

July 15, 2014

Vocation needs no justification

Further up and further in. Recently I spent several hours with a learning cohort of...

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 11, 2014

Charlie Peacock and his muses

(Originally posted January 2014) Even Charlie Peacock needs a muse, the artist’s artist that he...

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 04, 2014

Would you like vocational advice from Steve?

Would you like personalized work-life advice? Now you can get it from Steve Garber....a man...

June 01, 2014

Integral, not incidental

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

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Have mercy upon us

I do love a good story. And it’s not always apparent on the first page....

May 09, 2014

Pressed by a vision

What do artisan popsicles have to do with addiction and unemployment?

April 2014

April 14, 2014

To know the world and to still love it

To be implicated, for love’s sake. In many ways, that is the question of my...

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...