The Intersection of Faith and Culture
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Every month my roommates and I receive in our mail a catalogue from the company Anthropologie. This is a bit strange considering that I live with a bunch of guys who care very little about women’s fashion trends, but at some point in our community house’s long history someone must […]
I chose to give up shopping for Lent — yes, I said give up for Lent — because my shopping addiction is something that has a stronger hold on me than caffeine or cigarettes. The Lenten Promise Together with a good friend (who shares this addiction), we decided about four […]
There are two types of travel hangovers. The first is the sluggish feeling you get when you return to real life after a vacation, and the second, the type I am more concerned with here, is the overwhelming feeling that you get when you realize that you do not have […]
[ Tim ] I hate my friends — especially the ones who go to Hawaii and post half-naked photos of themselves lying on sunny beaches drinking pina coladas. I want to be in Hawaii too. Facebook should have an option for new parents to block out all the fun and […]
I’d like you to meet my friend. I haven’t seen her for a while now; she tends to come and go as she pleases. Every so often she will drop in, stay a while, and leave when she thinks she’s kept me company for long enough. Whenever she’s around, my […]
Stove Pain versus Bicycle Pain If a child touches a hot stove and burns his hand, he learns not to touch the stove again. That’s simple wisdom, right? But what would happen if children took the same lesson from every conflict? The first time they fell while trying to learn […]