The world around us can be beautiful and comforting. It can also be terrifyingly ferocious. Human interventions can exacerbate or offset this ferocity. We asked two faculty members and one SPU administrator to answer this question: Where do we see brokenness in the world around us, and what can we do about it?

Bruce Congdon:
​Steward the natural world

Beth Miller:
​Understand the importance of the indoors

Sandra Richards Mayo:
​​Know urban history’s impact