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“A Fight for Everything”: The Nationalist Gospel
Note: From Another Gospel (Eerdmans 2024). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Everyone knows the American church has a problem. Hardly anyone thinks they’re part of it. Many of the men and women at the rally on January 6 and some...
Member Spotlight: Helping Pastors Keep Learning
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Case Thorp. 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/H_BSzwObPx4 Greg Hello everybody. I'm Greg Forster...
Rest, Reconnect and Rediscover Your Real Calling with Christina Bieber Lake: Biola Retreat, Jan. 2-4
Make this year different! Join us for a faculty retreat with master educator Christina Bieber Lake at Biola University in sunny L.A. this Jan. 2-4. We’ll rest and reconnect, exploring visions both of personal sustainability (how can we avoid burnout?) and professional...
The Disappearing Discipline: How Did We Lose Ethics?
Note: From The Disappearance of Ethics (Eerdmans 2024). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. John Henry Newman, speaking in 1852 on the idea of a university education, offers us our starting point: “If ethics were sent into...
“Mom, Thank You for Choosing Life”
Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, is pleased to publish the latest contribution in our Volume 3 (2024) special issue on the church after the Dobbs decision. “‘Mom, Thank You for Choosing Life,’” by Sarah Zagorski Jones, is a powerful personal...
Flourishing as Whole People
The vision of the Economic Wisdom Project is summarized in twelve “elements” that provide starting points for thoughtful, biblically informed understanding of contemporary opportunities and challenges. For a handy guide to the twelve...
Rediscovering Calvin’s Christian Humanism
Note: From Calvin for the World (Baker 2024). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The reason why we ought to be subject to magistrates is because they are constituted by God’s ordination. For since it pleases God thus to...
Member Spotlight: New Modes of Collaboration
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Jessie Swigart. 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/vKTFY6lRSK0 Greg Hello everybody. This is Greg...
Letting Go Is a Skill: Releasing What Keeps Us from Moving Forward
Note: From Life in Flux (Baker 2024). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. NAVIGATIONAL SKILL #3: Let Go I release that which keeps me from moving forward. If you’ve ever seen a trapeze artist flying through the air, then...
Faculty Retreats: Memories of Kentucky in August, Looking Ahead to LA in January
We had a delightful time at Asbury Theological Seminary this August for our latest faculty retreat; we remain grateful to the amazing folks at Asbury and at Berea College who put in a lot of work to ensure the time would go well, and especially to our star presenter...