The Intersection of Faith and Culture
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 […]
As mysterious as the creation of humanity might be, the mystery behind the creation of music is just as elusive. Was there a discovery of harmony? Or is music as natural and unexplainable as love itself? I believe music, outside of Christian circles, has the power to proclaim the love […]
I can vividly remember my 23-year-old self, standing on my boyfriend’s doorstep, tears streaming down my face. “I would be happy living in a cardboard box on the street with you!” I cried. And I meant it. I honestly, ignorantly and whole-heartedly-in-love meant it. At 23 my perspective was untainted […]
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. […]
