August 4th, 2021 marked the one-year anniversary of the horrific blast at the port of Beirut. One of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, the detonation of tonsContinue Reading
The Film In the 2002 film Enough, Jennifer Lopez portrays a waitress named Slim, who falls in love with and marries a wealthy man named Mitch. However, over time theContinue Reading
Michael Card, a songwriter and theologian, wrote a song called “The Spirit of the Age” in which he references the Biblical story of the slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem.Continue Reading
This past week, I heard two anecdotes; one incredibly heartening, and the other heart-breaking. On one hand, I discovered how 3-d printing allows blind mothers to feel their babies’ faces,Continue Reading
Violence is an ever-present reality for women and girls in Kenya. In 1993, the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women offered clear parameters of gender-based violence. KenyaContinue Reading
Author’s Note: Elizbeth Barrett Browning published an iconic piece called “The Cry of the Children” in 1843. Through the poem, she protested the English practice of child labor in theContinue Reading
There is a well-loved quote attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi that runs like this: “Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doingContinue Reading
We discussed in the first article, the internet and the wide availability of smart phones and how they have both ensured everyone’s access to information. That also means those whoContinue Reading
Only one day after the inauguration, 95 Christian leaders appealed to the new U.S. President Joe Biden to lift economic sanctions against Syria:Continue Reading
It is a popular belief that people are most likely to demonstrate their deepest self, be it immeasurably bad or good, in the extreme conditions. This was certainly the caseContinue Reading