Opinion
Numbers Game
20. Million. Can you even begin to wrap your mind around that? When I first read these words on International Justice Mission’s Website, I couldn’t grasp the numbers.
Beyond the Debate
We all have opinions about the latest news and hot topic issues like abortion, homosexuality and “going green.” It doesn’t take long for an argument to ensue when two headstrong people from opposing camps begin to debate the merits of their view. At some level, it is healthy for people to defend their point of view; however, it can become a tool for bullying when words turn to slander.
How You Doin?
The world is obsessed with status updates, sharing their feelings freely on the Web, but what does that do to our relationships in real life? Cindy Robert explores the idea of emotional exhibitionism and its implications for our social and emotional health.
Finding the Real Me
Ben Harrison came to America to find himself, and stir up a little trouble along the way. The result of his journey was nothing that he expected, and everything that he needed.
Letting Go: A Mother’s Perspective
This time in Chico was different, though. They were calling us to lay down our lives – our LIVES – meaning, being willing to die for the Kingdom of God, and for the first time, I had to pause. I had another little person in my life to think about. This wasn’t just me anymore – if I died, it would affect my son.
My Couch Smells Like Joy
My couch smells like joy.
Take a deep breath. Sniff down deep under the layers of Febreeze, and day-old potato chips and you can smell it.
OK, if we had really had scratch and sniff going on, it would actually smell like unwashed bodies and possibly five-day-old alcohol breath.
But to me, and those I work with, [...]
Going Coconuts
I love coconuts. I always have. From the time I was a middle school girl meandering through Bath & Body Works stores armed with my allowance, I would always buy the coconutiest scent available, with vanilla or other fruity overtones.
My favorite salad growing up: ambrosia with coconut flakes. After playing in the sun all day, [...]
Letting God out of the box
Since the beginning of time we have tried to make God fit into our box. We want God to squeeze into our worldview and live within the parameters we have set for Him, instead of allowing Him to do his job and just be God.
When love isn’t easy
“Calcutta eats missionaries for breakfast, lunch, and dinner,” the missionary from Chenai warned us.
Huddled together in the dark basement of a ministry building in San Francisco, our team of 12 women and two men received our Calcutta briefing from a veteran of over 25 years in India.
He told us of Koli, the goddess [...]
Lost and Found
If a year ago you had told me — a semi-normal guy born and raised by missionary parents in the ways of the American evangelical — that I’d abandon my church of fifteen years, no longer be attending regular church services and entertaining Catholicism, well… I might have believed you, actually. That’s because last year, on Easter Sunday of all days, I became an atheist in the pew of my own church.
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