The Republic of Madagascar sits in the Indian Ocean, approximately 250 miles off the coast of East Africa. The residents of this island nation are experiencing a climate-change-induced famine that might have gone unnoticed were it not for journalists and concerned...
According to the dictionary Google uses, the word "trust" means a "firm belief in the character, strength, or truth of someone or something." Not to be confused with a "Living Trust," which legally binds others to your wishes when you're not around to check on them....
What do you hope for? Recently, the answer to this question for a lot of us goes something like “I just want to feel normal again.” But, unfortunately, the pandemic interrupted life as we knew it and then hung around long enough to make us wonder whether “normal” is...
Just under 23 million children are living in single-parent households in the United States. According to Pew Research, at a rate of just under 25%, our nation has the world's highest rate of children living in single-parent households. This is nearly three times the...
There were a lot of folks looking forward to the Senate testimony of Frances Haugen. As a former Facebook product manager, Frances had an insider's view of this mysterious company. And after the Wall Street Journal exposed Facebook's internal workings based on...
According to the makers of FaceTuneApp, the best selfies require a little pre-planning and the help of their app. In a promotional article titled “How to Take a Selfie,” the writers blame the problem on technology. Our phone simply fails to portrait our authentic...
You can't make this stuff up. And you don't have to because it's right there in print. Turn to the book of Judith, and you'll find an intriguing story of sacrifice, deceit, and bravery by a woman willing to risk her life to save her country. A woman with her own book,...
We're concluding our discussions of Barbara Brown Taylor's book, Holy Envy, so we're ready to jump into our next topic. Barbara is clearly a stand-out among women of her generation. A priest, professor, and frequent speaker, her words and stories continue to inspire...
One bible story I remember learning about as a child in Sunday School is the Tower of Babel. Perhaps I remember this story because of the funny-sounding word for what we hear when someone doesn't stop talking. If so, I may have missed how closely this word can fit my...
Photo courtesy of Faithworks.life blog I don't know about you, but the images of planes flying into buildings are on repeat in my head this week. Perhaps the prediction made by George W. Bush that these images will remain in our heads forever came true for me. But,...