The Intersection of Faith and Culture
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” — Juliet, from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Juliet is wrong. There’s a lot tied up in a name: identity, independence, history. I’m getting married in a few months, and even before I […]
I can’t deny it. I consume products. I use marketplace jargon like “buy in” and “asset” as part of my every day speech. I purchase things for their aesthetics, not necessarily for their life expectancy. And like any good customer, I know how to get the best bang for my […]
A woman’s naked back flashes across the screen. A servant massages her with oil, then starts applying an ancient form of make-up upon her face. In a room lit only by a few candles, Middle Eastern guitar music plays in the background while the narrator talks about the power of […]
A scrawny old hippie leaped out of the 15-passenger van, his long white beard moving with the breeze. “You must be the two Canadians!” For four months, my friend Desirea and I had been backpacking around New Zealand, living like nomadic queens. Up until now, our most complex problem had […]