If attitudes were beverages then cynicism would be my energy drink. Nothing gives me a buzz like the false sense of empowerment that comes with churning out the gallows humor to get through a tough patch. I’ve been sarcastic as long as I can remember, or since I held a Steve Taylor 45 in my adolescent...

by Sara Sterley My husband, a 6’7” former college basketball player, likes his meat. He typically indulges my tree hugger tendencies: he composts with the best of them, reuses everything, and even broke his back in our clay-filled backyard a few weeks ago to double the size of our organic garden....

I apologize for the unintentional hiatus I took. Eight weeks ago I had my third surgery in two years trying to repair damage from dislocating my knee cap. This is the first week I’ve been walking, still mostly using one crutch, and almost totally limping and struggling to regain my strength....

I live in Chicago and I work at an organization that assists homeless people. A big part of my job is case managing formerly homeless men and women in a supportive housing program located off-site from the main center where my office is. The program’s guests are housed among other tenants in...

Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears, a knowledgeable Bible professor, have compiled a masterpiece in their second collaborative effort, Death by Love. This book packs the punch readers have come to expect of cutting-edge Driscoll. This collection of letters addresses some of our culture’s most...

“Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave...

At the Nairobi Peace Institute, I sit in a bright room with a Congolese man named John. John divides his time between teaching Peace Studies at an American university, doing reconciliation work in Rwanda and Sudan, and developing mediation programs for tribes in northern Kenya. He has a wide smile and...

“Let him who has ears, hear.” That’s how Jesus says it my translation of the Bible. But another author captures the essence of it well in his transliteration called “The Message”. After a parable, or a talk, Jesus would summarize by saying this: “Are you listening?...