The Intersection of Faith and Culture
A Marine Corps vet reflects on the crushing reality of mental illness They’d brought a prisoner in the back of the humvee. He was an Arab, a puny wasp of a man, with a bush of dirty hair and large twitching eyes. His beard was too large for his gaunt […]
Part of Converge’s ongoing review of films in the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), on until October 10. Cathedrals of Culture Cathedrals of Culture is the single most disappointing film I’ve yet seen at VIFF. Cathedrals is an ode to modern architecture that is divided into six segments, each covering a […]
People are moving all around me. People sitting, standing, walking, or kneeling. Children grab at their parents. Sometimes they cry or giggle, contributing in their own way to this constant flow. Music fills the room; singing becomes inseparable from prayer. The service has formed into a dance of coming and […]
WeMakeStuff Volume 02 features artists like Christina Norman, who challenges us to see the world differently Christina Norman’s lingerie company You & Her has encountered its fair share of resistance. But people have been quick to catch the vision – even those Norman would have never expected. While she was online […]
Stephen and I were going to get married. Well, there wasn’t a ring or anything. And OK, we weren’t actually dating. But we would get married one day, I was convinced of it. When we weren’t spending hours alone together, we were with our shared group of friends. We texted […]
I’m not bitter, but I am concerned. I can’t begin my graduate degree this year because I don’t have enough money. Earlier this year, I was admitted to a top PhD program in my field, and I had been aiming for this program since I began my master’s degree three […]
