The Intersection of Faith and Culture
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I’ve been married for eleven months. It’s strange to write the above statement in the first person because one of the biggest changes after you get married is that you start speaking in the plural possessive. Even when you clearly did something separate from your partner, like grocery shopping, you […]
Last year I was dating this girl, and after a few weeks, things were going really well. I remember going to her house to meet her parents for the first time. Her dad was barbecuing for us, and welcomed me into his house with a friendly grin. It wasn’t long, however, […]
First year of marriage series part 2 Read part 1 here Changing the status quo My husband and I recently moved out of the suburbs where we grew up to a brand new and much bigger city, where much of the amenities are not quite the same as what we’ve […]
I’m not a bitter and angry feminist. Oh, no. I’m a Jesus-following, joy-filled feminist, a Jesus-made-a-feminist-out-of-me feminist. I’m no man-hater: I’m surrounded by good men, brave men who celebrate, affirm, welcome, strengthen, and protect. There’s no bitterness in my words, my axes aren’t for grinding. I’m ready to beat them […]
Ok, I admit it: I brag. I am a brag artist. Name-dropper. One-upper. The male equivalent of Kristen Wiig’s Penelope SNL character – you know, the one that’s dated Tony the Tiger and has been to the moon. Ok, maybe I’m not that bad. But ask my friends and they’ll […]
Thirty kilometers south of Kigali, where the towering hills of Rwanda’s capitol city give way to the softer hills of the countryside, sits the small town of Nyamata. The main road of the town is lined with orchard trees and retail shops that give it a lively atmosphere without being […]