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A Window and a Mirror: Christ at Sundance 2024
From fathers in prison to a 93-year-old action star to an underground railroad out of North Korea, movies are an essential embodiment of cultural discourse about what it means to be human – a window to help us see our world, and a mirror to help us see ourselves. By...
A Christian Vision for Compassion
Our vision paper “A Christian Vision for Flourishing Communities” lays out how we see the challenge of renewing theologically formed Christian wisdom for the common good and human flourishing in the advanced modern world. En Español: “Una Visión Christiana para las...
What We Can Learn from the Early Abolitionists
Note: From Bearing Witness (Baker, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. God gives good gifts, and one of these good gifts is the church. However we might understand its practices, its often tragic history and the...
Member Spotlight: New Assignment Designs
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with David Buschart. A transcript of the interview appears below. If you are a Karam Fellowship member and would like to be in the spotlight, drop us a line! https://youtu.be/hHMNNnHlUA0 Greg Hello, everybody. I'm Greg...
How Seminaries Can Build Community: Join us in Dallas Jan. 7-9, Hotel Discount for a Limited Time!
We and our schools are under more pressure than ever. Sometimes it feels like it’s no longer possible for an academic institution to be a true learning community. And it also feels like it’s no longer possible for each of us to do all that is demanded of us, as our...
How to Run a Seminary in the World’s Biggest War Zone
Note: From Serving God under Siege (Eerdmans, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Dear Readers, It is a great honor for me to introduce this book to English-speaking readers. I was born in Ukraine during the Communist regime...
What Do You Wish You’d Known When You Started?
Earlier in this volume of F&F, we published an essay by Gary Burge arguing that our schools are squandering one of their most precious resources: the wisdom of older faculty. We are not inclined to publish this trenchant critique and then do nothing about the...
A Christian Vision for the Common Good
Our vision paper “A Christian Vision for Flourishing Communities” lays out how we see the challenge of renewing theologically formed Christian wisdom for the common good and human flourishing in the advanced modern world. En Español: “Una Visión Christiana para las...
What “City of God” Says to Our Cities
Note: From The Essential City of God (Baker, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. City of God is arguably Augustine’s greatest work, and it is the most important source for his understanding of church and society. After...
Member Spotlight: Why Teaching Is Like Coaching
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Earl Lavender. A transcript of the interview appears below. If you are a Karam Fellowship member and would like to be in the spotlight, drop us a line! https://youtu.be/wydiybnWjbM Greg Hello, everybody. I'm Greg...