Vocation and the Student

One of the clearest and most incisive indictments of careerism (though he never uses that specific term), was made by W.H. Auden in a speech, “Vocation and Society” to undergraduates at Swarthmore.

James Sutton | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2018-Spring 2019

Dr. Russell Moore: An Interview on Politics, Religion, and Liberty

"Given your experience both as a pastor, as a congressional aid, and now as president of an organization that straddles the two worlds, what role do you think Christians have in politics?"

Noah Black | | Fall 2018

An Interview with Jonathan Moo

"I think the reason Christians care for creation can be summarized by loving God and loving our neighbor, and in the process discovering who we were created to be."

Siobhan McDonough | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2017

An Interview with Illustrator, Author, and Professor, John Hendrix

"Looking at a lot of your art and illustration, sometimes your palette and creative choices can be a bit gruesome. What role does this play in your art, and do you think it comes from your faith or somewhere else?"

WashU Kairos Editorial Team | The WashU Kairos | Spring 2018

Why Politics?

Have we limited the church’s full support of Christians in “secular” fields, diminishing their calling as ambassadors in “secular” spheres of society?

Isabella Chow | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2018

All Good Work

Is there any overarching truth about what makes work meaningful that always holds, regardless of where we are or what our jobs are?

Tammy Chang | Stanford Vox Clara | Winter 2018

Leavening and Life after Swarthmore

It turns out that rootedness isn’t actually a function of how long you stay in one place. It has to do with how you live when you’re there.

Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2015

A Call to Work

Through examining the biblical notions of calling and vocation, we will see how these seemingly opposites – a longing for something grand and the reality of the mundane – actually complement each other.

Elizabeth Schmucker | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2017

Order, Disorder, Reorder

Why does work feel like work? Here is the end at the beginning: work is frustrating. It can be extremely satisfying to produce something, but it can be simultaneously excruciating – but what excellence and beauty can come from deep suffering. Early on in the semester, a man named Jeremy Begby spoke at Cornell.[1] He […]

Emani Pollard | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2017

More Than Money: Poverty As a Spiritual Problem

"And so poverty as a spiritual problem is what’s going on in the souls of the poor people, and the souls of the people who let poverty continue."

Olugbenga Joseph | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2016

An Interview with Professor John Inazu

"Well, I think of pluralism in two ways: one is a descriptive fact about the world: we have deep and irresolvable differences between us, and so the question is, what do we do with them?"

Washington University in St. Louis Kairos Staff | Washington University in St. Louis Kairos | Fall 2017

The Autonomous Veneer of Scientific Innovation

Research has pushed the bounds of knowledge and understanding to great lengths, addressing some of the most complex issues in physics, engineering, and medicine, but for what purpose?

Chris Korenczuk | University of Minnesota Between Cities | Fall 2016

A Compass, A Bridge, and a Covenant

The Penn Christian journal is re-launching under the name Locust Walk, falling into step with the brick-paved path that takes students through three communal points – a compass, a bridge, and a covenant.

Esther Jou | UPenn Locust Walk | Spring 2016

Redeeming the Economy

Our economy is fallen, but so beautiful was God’s original plan that the clear fingerprint of His design is visible even today.

Ryan Mather | University of Minnesota Between Cities | Spring 2016

For the Good of All Creation: A Christian Ecological Ethic

Ecological crisis, whether as dramatic as some predict or not, means we must reconsider the beliefs implicit in a system that exploits humans, creatures, and natural resources.

Nicole Newell | St. Olaf Avodah | Spring 2015

Interview with Andy Crouch: Culture Making

Every human culture is distorted— it makes possible the things that should be impossible, and it makes impossible the things that should be possible, such as knowing your neighbor.

Esther Jiang | The Cornell Claritas | Fall 2015

Loving Jesus Back: Nuns Really Do Get Married

Several women in the community expressed the sentiment to me that their hearts are made to love more than just one man and the children born within one marriage.

Jane Thomas | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2015

Is God Green?

One practical application of creation care is to think about agricultural systems that are sustainable and able to provide for people’s needs.

Kristy Perano | The Cornell Claritas | Fall 2015

How to Agape Love

The primary vocation of every person is to love, to strive for an agape love that extends beyond a philia love.

Marina Spinelli | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2015

Stop Freaking Out About Your Job

But your specific variety of work does not define you. And the more you think that it does or should, the more you dig yourself into a pit of anxiety and self-pity.

Nathan Otey | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2015

How Christians Navigate College and Career

I talked with six Christian seniors at Harvard, each with varying concentrations and potential career paths, to understand how Christians at Harvard think about their faith, academics, and future careers.

Brooke Dickens | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2015

St. Olaf College: Lutheran Identity in an Age of Pluralism

According to its mission statement, St. Olaf encourages students “to be seekers of truth, leading lives of unselfish service to others; and it challenges them to be responsible and knowledgeable citizens of the world.”

Darrell Jodock | St. Olaf Avodah | Spring 2014

St. Olaf Launches “Avodah”

“Avodah” is a Hebrew word that means both work and worship, and it represents the desire of the journal’s staff to integrate their work as students — learning to be critical thinkers — with honoring God.

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Feminism and Christianity

My non-Christian friends were usually on the pro-professional side, championing women’s rights and equal opportunity. And it was my Christian friends who more often than not announced that they planned to stay at home, citing family values and the calling of motherhood.

Natalie Hejduk | Princeton Revisions | Spring 2013

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