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“I Believe There Is a God and Stuff”
Note: From Interpreting Your World (Baker 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. In the early aughts, I was working as a youth pastor in a small church on the north side of Chicago. The whole group could fit in one...
Member Spotlight: Finding the Adjacent Possible
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Jay Moon. 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/Itzz70HXaAE Greg Hello, everybody! I’m Greg Forster,...
Karam Forum: 2022 Memories, 2023 Anticipation
We’re grateful to everyone who was part of Karam Forum 2022. We don't mind telling you, running this conference is a real juggling act! (More on that below.) But all the real work gets done by the presenters, and this year we were richly blessed by a lineup of leaders...
A Provocative New Look at American Protestantism
American Protestantism has been the dominant form of Christianity in the United States since the colonial era, and has had a profound impact on American society. Understanding this religious tradition is crucial to understanding American culture. Written from various...
LICC: Master Class in Education for Formation
Our good friends at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity have an exciting opportunity to share with you! We’ve always known that the folks at LICC had their heads on straight about theological education – and not only because they’ve been telling UK...
A Christian Vision for Flourishing Communities
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...
A Window and a Mirror: Christ at Sundance
Through our Conversations features, Faith & Flourishing cultivates scholarly exchanges in which multiple contributors share views on important theological questions. For our third conversation, we’re immersing ourselves in what is probably our culture’s primary...
Member Spotlight: Giving Pastors Fresh Language
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Geoff Hsu. 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al25iUgrdwA Greg Hello again,...
Karam Forum 2022: A Changing Global World
Amos Yong and newly added participant Lisa Slayton – a longtime leader in our community – will help Karam Forum 2022 envision theological schools that rely on the Holy Spirit in our digitalizing, globalizing, pluralizing cultural environments. And speaking of...
Karam Forum 2022: A Changing Local World
Denver entrepreneur Helen Young Hayes will share with Karam Forum 2022, in a session hosted by Denise Daniels, how her business is creating pathways to work for people with tough histories who don’t get a lot of opportunities. And Jeff Hoffmeyer of the...