In her latest book, The Very Good Gospel, Lisa Sharon Harper looks at the concept of “shalom,” and how we can build it in our communities, in our faith, and even within ourselves. She dives deep into the first three chapters of Genesis to really understand what “shalom” is, concluding that “shalom is the ‘very […]
Category Archives: Conversations
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May
May
Sara Miles has an unconventional conversion story. She was working as a journalist for Mother Jones in San Francisco when she wandered into a church in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. “I didn’t know any Christians at the time, so it wasn’t like I knew exactly what to expect,” she said. Her parents were both the […]
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Mar
Mar
It was reading the Bible that made Mike McHargue an atheist. The author and co-host of the popular podcast The Liturgists turned to Genesis during a difficult season in his life. He read through the Bible once and, having found more questions than answers, started back at the beginning. Again. And again. And again. Four […]
02
Mar
Mar
Miroslav Volf is originally from Osijek, Croatia. He was raised in a home shaped by faith but in a community that, being primarily Catholic and Orthodox, was not particularly open to the Volf’s strain of Protestantism. Volf’s attempts to understand the larger Christian community and create a context for human flourishing have undergirded his work […]
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Jan
Jan
One of the most important things we can do at Newbigin House is create a space that encourages people to think critically about the world around us and imagine how we might create a more robust and generous place to live. It was in that spirit that we recently invited Philip Yancey to offer some […]