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March 2016

March 23, 2016

The Origin of Knowing & Doing

As I left Pittsburgh the other day, I decided to leave slowly, lingering through some of...

March 16, 2016

To Fly, Fly Away…

“You must live in the place that is the station of your labor and your...

March 02, 2016

Three Words We Should Care More About

Cult. Cultivate. Culture. About a month ago in Bratislava, Slovakia, at the conference, “Visions for the...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

“Joy” and the Power of a Dream

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that will not work.” Dreams are...

February 17, 2016

A Conversation with a Stranger and Common Grace

“It was such a dark time.” A couple weeks ago I was on a train from...

February 10, 2016

Our Moral Responsibility to Pay Attention

Pay attention. I have been teaching for a long time, and I confess that while I...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

When Peacemaking is Unpopular

Commonwealth is an unusual word in the modern world. Still used in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky...

January 20, 2016

Sonship in Star Wars

Of the Father’s love begotten…. I do love music, and love different kinds of music....

January 06, 2016

The Way the World’s Supposed to Be

The way the world’s supposed to be. Is there a world like that? Do we...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Scrooge’s Question to Us

“If these shadows remain unaltered by the future….” Of all the scenes in A Christmas Carol, the...

December 23, 2015

Far as the Curse is Found

All of us have antennae. We watch for things, hoping that what we see and...

December 02, 2015

Justice Cannot Be Just Us

“At crucial moments of choice, most of the business of choosing is already over.” There...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

The Good Work of the Praxis Labs

What makes good work good? A lot could be said, and has. But it’s a...

October 21, 2015

Conversations with Consequences

Conversations with consequences. A few weeks ago I was staying up on Lookout Mountain, a rangy...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

The Way We See, and Why

“When we describe, we do so as active agents whose intentions and moral character pervade...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

The world according to John LeCarre

This excerpt from Steve Garber’s book Visions of Vocation is the final one in our series...