Category: Modern Culture

I. I have come to see how remembering can be working for peace through my recent ventures into meditative prayer.  In prayer, I have tried to quiet myself

I love toys. I have four kids and enjoy playing with them and their toys, but in a moment of true confession, I will say that I still

As time passes, it’s easy to forget what you once were like, what was most important in your life, what ideas you held most dear. That’s my story

The first time I heard of “self-marriage” was on the TV show, Glee. The ever-quirky Sue Sylvester decides that she is her own best match, so she puts

Early this year, I had the most transcendent musical experience of my life. The magic moment came after a rehearsal for a concert of African-American spirituals and original

Tucked away in the small town of Hallstatt, Austria is a rather strange house. No one lives there, no one living, anyway. Sometimes referred to as the Hallstatt

  Amidst a series of business news snippets in last week’s The Economist magazine, I came across one that I found rather striking: Saudia Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund

As a higher education professional, I am inescapably faced with the reality of sexual assault in our world, particularly on college campuses. Nationally, this reality has made its

The Challenge Forty days ago when faced with the arduous task of choosing something to abstain from during Lent, I chose Facebook. My family was completely dismayed wondering

‘…I came that they may have life and have it abundantly’ (John 10:10) Jesus tells us that he comes to give us abundant life. Unlike the thief who