The Intersection of Faith and Culture
An anti-homosexuality bill was signed into law in February by Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, but has since been invalidated by a Ugandan court because the bill was signed during a parliamentary session that lacked a quorum. The controversial bill, first introduced in 2009, includes punishing first-time offenders with 14 years […]
Last month, while I was enjoying an afternoon nap, I awoke to the sound of a man talking to my mother. I was still bleary-eyed when the white, bearded police officer opened my door. Apparently there had been a break-in upstairs (we live in a basement apartment) and he had […]
Why being hospitable is more about trust than being nice. This summer I travelled to three different states, flew to and from eight different airports, stayed in five homes, and slept on five beds and two couches. During my vacation, I discovered that some people use shampoo just like I read books: acquire […]
When my Grandma Britt returns from vacation she always brings me back a pack of colourful Keds socks. It’s her small way of saying she was thinking about me, and you better believe she was worried about the temperature of my toes. While Grandma Britt’s primal urge to give me […]
Once, years ago, my daughter and I were watching a television program that showed clips from the filming of the first moon landing. “Look,” I told her. “You are looking at a film of the first man to walk on the moon.” She was unimpressed. “No,” she said, shaking her […]
Some while ago the small Anglican church I attend moved out of its building and into a space primarily used by a local Seventh Day Adventist congregation. At first this troubled me. Why couldn’t my church afford its old space? Why would God move us from a comfortable building He […]
