As of October 28, over 76 million early and absentee votes will have been cast in the 2020 election. But will Christian graduate students vote and participate in the political process? And will we see civic engagement and political participation as a critical way that we can live out love for our neighbor and neighborhood? In my anecdotal experiences from graduate school, most of my Christian peers were politically disengaged. Even when living in a battleground state like Ohio, there was little interest in talking … [Read more...] about Loving our Neighbors and our Neighborhood by Voting
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Stewardship, Membership, and Voting: Reflections on Wendell Berry’s A Place on Earth
The main character of Wendell Berry's A Place on Earth, as in many of his novels, is the fictional town of Port William, Kentucky. While Berry is a masterful storyteller, the narrative is less important than the relationships that the characters have with each other, with the town and surrounding farmland they inhabit, and with the land itself. Berry continually returns to the question of what effect a character has on the people, town, and land around him. When a character is introduced, Berry will often describe … [Read more...] about Stewardship, Membership, and Voting: Reflections on Wendell Berry’s A Place on Earth