The Intersection of Faith and Culture
The first time I read Jack Kerouac’s On the Road it was like hearing a siren’s call during the stormy seas of adolescence. The book articulated the secret longings of my heart: my yearnings to bomb down highways in borrowed cars toward the revelatory music, artistic pals, bohemian women, and […]
If you are female — any female — you will be told throughout your life that you have something wonderful called “inner beauty.” It’s an ingenious compliment; it’s something you can say to almost anyone. Regardless of what your face or body look like, as long as you’re not a […]
I’m at a dinner with my friends. I momentarily glance up from my mushroom risotto, only to see everyone else glued to their phones. They’re busily picking the best filter to accompany the latest upload of the food they’re about to eat. And then I wonder: if I enjoy a […]
I shuffle along the white sandstone street in Jerusalem, trying desperately to focus on our tour guide’s words. To my left, a vendor loudly advertises his wares — dresses, rugs, jewelry, and wood carvings, the same items we have seen at every market stall from here to Caesarea. I adjust […]
I have spent a lot of time over the past few months lamenting over what has happened in Ferguson, Missouri. I’ve read news coverage, testimony transcripts, public opinion pieces, and responses from black leaders. And I have watched in horror the video of Eric Garner as he was strangled by […]
When I was a young teenager, someone at church looked at the casual way I dressed and asked, “Is that how you would dress if you were going to meet the Queen?” In that moment, I had an epiphany. I realized that if God is my King, I ought to have […]
