The Intersection of Faith and Culture
No one says Christmas quite like Sufjan Stevens, possibly because no one has said it, or better yet sung it, quite so much. With precisely 100 published Christmas songs to his name, Sufjan is the Christmas minstrel of our day. This Christmas journey for Sufjan began in 2001, when he […]
I headed south not too long ago to speak at a youth retreat. I’ve never spoken to a bunch of teens about Jesus before and, honestly, I don’t imagine I’ll be asked back anytime soon. Saturday night in particular left much to be desired. I tried to talk about our […]
In the summer of 2005, Cheryl Strayed set out on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) — a 2,663 mile trail running through California, Oregon, and Washington, stretching from the Mexican to Canadian border. Strayed was 26 at the time and reeling both from the death of her mother four years […]
I am the product of two headstrong, vibrant, daring lives coming together. In the early ’80s, a young Canadian pilot and a young British teacher moved to Ethiopia. He went to fly famine relief, she to teach at a missionary school. They met there, dated, survived a long distance stint, and […]
Nelson Mandela’s death has prompted abundant reflections on his life and his life’s work. He was a symbol of peace, justice, equality, and democracy, and at the same time he was an enemy of racism, oppression, systemic injustice, and exploitation. But Mandela was also a complex person — he was […]
I’ve always wanted to be married. I’ve dreamt about my wedding, my first kiss, how I would meet the love of my life — hopefully not in that order. I was the typical romantic teenager, who later grew into a starry-eyed young adult. But then something happened. I somehow, as […]
