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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...
A Retreat and a Refresh: Two Great Ways to Connect – Retreat Hotel Room Discount for a Limited Time!
Looking to reconnect? We've got two opportunities for you! This Thursday (Oct. 9) join our first-ever "Refresh & Reconnect" zoom at 1pm central time (2 eastern, 11 Pacific) at this zoom link. Christina Bieber Lake will talk about the new work she's doing to help...
Maybe “Eden” Ain’t So Lonesome as New England Used to Be
Note: From You Have a Calling (Brazos, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. I love the way John Milton in Paradise Lost imagines the work Adam and Eve did in Eden before the fall. Now, some of Milton’s theology (not to...
Where’s the Sage Now That He’s Not “On Stage”?
Faith & Flourishing is delighted to publish the essay “Now That He’s Not ‘On the Stage,’ Is There a Place for the Sage?” by Gary Burge, our latest publication in F&F Volume 4 (2025). In this provocative essay, Burge argues that our colleges and...
Responsible to Serve Our Communities
The Economic Wisdom Project is best known for our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, which are short, accessible, engaging and rich presentations suitable for use in classrooms and group discussions. But the EWP also features print resources, including our vision paper...
Creation Is Calling and Is a Calling
Note: From Joining Creation’s Praise (Baker, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. How would a fish describe water? Because our environment is the closest thing to us, it is almost impossible to perceive. Such limits of...
Member Spotlight: Taking Wholeness Seriously
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://youtu.be/rq97TRNokI8 Greg Hello everybody. I'm Greg Forster...