The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Before Midnight is one of the most uncomfortable movies I’ve ever sat through. It’s like going out for dinner with your married friends, and you can sense the tension going. You know they’re fighting, and it’s awkward for everyone else at the table. But it’s something real. Like the first […]
If you were to ask anyone who knows me what my most obvious foible is, it would probably be my complete and utter lack of physical direction. Before the advent of GPS, my family could expect about a half a dozen phone calls (or more) if I was out and […]
This one’s for the dreamers. This one’s for the lovers, the lovelorn, and the lonely. This one’s for anyone dreaming of sunshine on a wintry March day. It’s for the unrequited crushes, the happy flights of fancy, and the lazy mid-spring days. But enough preamble, let’s get into the music. […]
For most of us millennials, the North American Dream, the promise of prosperity and success to anyone willing to work hard enough, is long dead. It died before we were old enough to care. (Although we suddenly started caring when we graduated college, as we found ourselves employed in coffee […]
Learning to fully trust in God is something I will probably spend the rest of my life trying to grasp. Recently, I was blissfully swimming in the turquoise, oceanic waters. It was a gorgeous day. The sun was shinning bright, and there was not a cloud in the sky. My friends […]
My family keeps the Sabbath. Not religiously — as in, we don’t always do religious things. But we are pretty religious about “keeping” it. Usually we go to church. Usually we eat simply — eggs and toast is normal fare for Sunday dinners. Usually we say “no” to invitations and […]
