Category Archives: Doctrine of Vocation

“A Well-Regulated or Orderly Church Music…”

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Micah Everett

I have heard that the price of becoming a thinking adult is the need to deal with all of the paradoxes and inconsistencies that life presents, the cognitive dissonance that is inevitably present as we flawed and fallen humans do … Continue reading →

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On the Importance of “Faithful Plodding”

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Micah Everett

I am always moved by stories of pastors with long tenures in small congregations. In a time when “celebrity pastor” is a term that makes sense and so many build careers by moving to increasingly larger churches every 2-3 years, … Continue reading →

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Rediscovering Leisure

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Micah Everett

The first week or two after the end of the spring semester might be my favorite time of each academic year. While it is true that I only teach full time about eight months of the year, those eight months … Continue reading →

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“…in Godliness with Contentment”

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Micah Everett

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going. (Ecclesiastes 9:10) The end of the matter; all has been heard. … Continue reading →

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Introducing H.R. Rookmaaker (1922-1977)

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Micah Everett

In the four years that I have been writing this blog I have regularly referred to the works of Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) as being formative not only for the cultivation of my own identity and worldview as (at least I … Continue reading →

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