From Genesis to Revelation, the Christian Bible offers a grand drama—a story about God, humans, and the world. The scriptures were composed over many centuries by a host of authors who wrote in a range of genres to address a variety of ancient communities. Yet within these gloriously diverse writings that make up the biblical canon there lies an overarching narrative. It’s an epic tale about God’s mission to restore the world from brokenness, chaos, and death, and to bring wholeness, justice, and peace to humans and all of creation. Reading the Bible as a narrative changes the way we understand both its individual parts and its overall message. In this track we’ll learn how to read the Bible so that we can see this fascinating story, and we’ll ask what it has to say to us today.

What kind of life are you working toward? How can you discern what it should be about? Who will be a part of your good life? What will you do when life doesn’t go as planned?

This track takes a deep dive into an essential topic that we as people intrinsically wrestle with: What am I made for? No matter our background or experience, we each have assumptions and hopes for the kind of life we want and what will make that life “good.” University years are pivotal for exploring this important question, yet there is rarely time to reflect on the nature of a truly “good life,” to question our assumptions and revisit our hopes.

Join this cohort to examine this essential question—to sift through the motivations, means, and ends of living the Good Life. We can’t promise that you will discover the Good Life by the end of this track, but we feel confident you will be ready to pursue it. [Check out Rebecca’s brief introductory video!]

Do you want to make a difference in the world? Most of us spend more than half of our waking hours at work or study in some organizational context. Yet, work can be the part of our lives where we struggle most to find meaning and purpose. As Christians, we are called to participate in God’s creative and redemptive mission not only in our relationships, families, and churches, but also in schools, companies, non-profits, governments, and elsewhere. These organizations can be religious or secular, big or small, morally clear or morally ambiguous. What is God’s redemptive purpose for such organizations? And what is our role in pointing them toward God’s light in order to serve the common good? This track offers biblical insights, a conceptual framework, practical tools, and real-life examples for answering those questions and responding to God’s call on our working lives.

How should Christians relate to culture? Ever since the earliest church, all forms of Christianity have been embedded in particular cultures. These have varied enormously across time and place. From the beginning, Christians have also taken a variety of stances about how to relate to culture. Drawing on a range of voices from the past and different parts of the world, we will begin by exploring key models of how followers of Christ have interacted with culture. Then, drawing on these frameworks, we will consider how we might navigate some of the most pressing cultural issues of today. Together, track members will decide which current issues to focus on—nothing is off the table. Overall, our goal is to become better equipped to engage the world around us faithfully and fruitfully.