The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Charlene Jacobs’ shoulders shake as she covers her face in her hands. Her plain gold wedding band clinks against her glasses as she moves to collect herself. “After how many years, the pain still surfaces,” she says, her round brown eyes glistening as she sits across the table from me. […]
On the evening of April 14th nearly 300 teenage girls were abducted from their boarding school in the small farming community of Chabok in Northeastern Nigeria. These were young girls in pursuit of an education, in pursuit of making a life for themselves, and in pursuit of their dreams to […]
The Regent World Redux We ask about it almost as soon as we meet someone new: “So, what do you do?” The answer is complicated. The previous generation’s way of working seemed much simpler: stay in one career, get job security, achieve success — and, sellout? But times change: the […]
My wife and I are currently working on a 10-country documentary on sex trafficking. We’ve interviewed victims, johns, undercover detectives, prosecutors, care workers, and research experts. And the more we learn about sex trafficking — this horrific version of modern-day slavery — the more we realize it’s connected to so many other […]
Dan, 38, muses under a large gum tree in Uganda’s green countryside. “When I was 16, there was only one jacket in my village. One jacket to be shared by maybe 50 guys. If anyone had a date they would all wear that same jacket.” He laughs at the memory. […]
Yesterday, Kevin Durant won his first NBA MVP Award in a landslide victory. He came off as super humble, attributing his victory to the work of people around him, rather than his own. He views his position as a gift; he takes his status lightly. “Basketball is just a platform […]