The Intersection of Faith and Culture
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Remember the days before we all had smartphones? You know, back when people used to sit down and talk to each other? Just people having a real conversation. Relationships were built on that type of communication only 20 years ago. The way we interact has changed dramatically in the last […]
I’m not sure when it happened, but it seems like we have all agreed upon this idea that during our 20s we need to lay the groundwork for the rest of our lives. Meaning it’s the small window of time allotted for each of us to fall in love, buy […]
“When that happens to me, I just click the Google button twice,” my landlady said, giving me a knowing look. I had just told her my Internet had stopped working. “Exit the window, and reopen it. Almost always works.” I am 99 per cent sure the router (which I don’t […]
Everything was fine up until the moment when things turned really shitty. These things were true: I was sitting in a movie theatre. I was with my friends. I was breathing. I stopped breathing. My chest was tingling. My arm was numb, it was crawling up my body, it was […]
I’m 23, I just graduated from university, and I’m single. Many of my friends are married, and a few are starting to have children. And I feel as if I just graduated from high school again. You could say my life is in transition. And it’s true; I am in […]
I teach tiny children for a living. Every day, I deal with children who say mean things to one another. It works like this: I’m usually greeted with a teary-eyed, “Miss Bast, he hurt my feelings.” Next, I’ll pull both children aside and talk about what happened. I ask the […]