In those long ago days of Christmas innocence when it always snowed gently in a starry and windless night, my parents would hustle my sisters and me into the...
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When our first child was a year old, the Christmas struggle got real. As first-time parents, my husband and I had some serious decisions to make about how we...
Heading in to watch the documentary He Named Me Malala, I expected to be moved. After all, what isn’t moving about Malala Yousafzai’s life story? Recruited at...
Interfaith harmony demands a mutual respect for human dignity. In Jordan, Father Nabil Haddad is working to make that happen. Father Nabil Haddad wants you to...
In Syria and Iraq, Christians and other religious minorities are victims of genocide at the hands of ISIS. Accounts of forced conversions, mass beheadings...
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Scientists, political leaders, and bureaucrats from around the world are currently in Paris to try again to create a workable plan aimed at reducing greenhouse...
Beat the Champ The Mountain Goats (Merge Records, 2015) You’re either down with wrestling as entertainment or you’re not. The recent death...
You “fall into” love, but you do not “fall into” friendship. Yet you can “fall out of” friendship. At least the dictionaries and phrase books are ready for...
Here in the United States, the common assumption is that the terrorism of ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Shabab, and Al Qaeda comes down to one word—Islam. So...
