The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Cecelia Cheung is a style maven. She trend-sets with little effort, wore skinny jeans eons before they were mainstream, and can tell you when your infinity scarves, chambray shirts, and ankle boots will be passé. And she’s also no stranger to social justice. She spent two months in Japan volunteering […]
July, 2014 will forever be remembered as the time of one of the bloodiest conflicts in the history of the Gaza Strip. As Israel has flexed its military might, Gaza has endured unprecedented destruction; it is difficult to see how, once a lasting ceasefire is agreed upon, the area might […]
When I heard this week that Robin Williams had taken his own life I was devastated. But I was also completely unsurprised. The death of a celebrity can be a touchy subject; many use the opportunity to rail against the injustice that we care so much about one person’s death while […]
Thirty-two months ago, Facebook conducted an “emotional contagion” study on how the emotions of people around us, as expressed through status updates, affect our own. Unsurprisingly, the study found that our friends’ posts do, in fact, influence what we share about our lives. More shocking to the researchers, however, was the […]
The most deadly strain in the Ebola family of viruses causes fever, weakness of body, diarrhea, at times internal bleeding, and in more than 55 per cent of cases, death. And right now, it’s sweeping through West Africa. The latest news sees multiple people being tested for the virus in […]
Bias is hard to eliminate for anybody; the Palestine and Israel conflict is no exception. With much of the Bible having its focus on Israel, many Christians feel a natural leaning towards the nation. But when it comes down to it, the sobering news is that there is much more […]