The Intersection of Faith and Culture
I remember my confusion when I started an internship at an environmental policy office. It wasn’t paperless; not even close. The office lights were wired as a package deal, meaning they all stayed on until the end of the day. Take-out lunches came in crisp white Styrofoam containers, and mine […]
And why getting rid of paper bulletins and disposable coffee cups won’t cut it I remember the first time I walked into a “home-church-that-outgrew-the-home” gathering. The crowd was young, and I’m pretty sure the meeting space was a yoga studio the other six days of the week. As if this […]
Dear online daters, I’m getting frustrated with you. Not that I know who you are or anything; only other site members know that. But I have a hunch there are many of you, because you’ve become completely undateable in real life. Of course I recognize it takes guts to make a […]
Why one non-profit worker thinks microcredit can hurt development Sufiya was a poor villager in Bangladesh. She received a small loan to buy some chickens to start an egg business. The chickens flourished, the eggs were the talk of the town, and soon her loan was paid back with enough […]
I remember the first conversation I overheard at what has since become my favourite coffee shop. It was either my first or second week in Abbotsford. I had just moved in to a basement suite in the neighbourhood and hadn’t met anyone yet. Then there they were. Three girls around […]