photo (c) Stephanie Nikolopoulos Have you ever stopped to really look around your own city?  Have you ever considered the history behind the buildings you pass every day?  Has a church’s beauty ever stopped you in your tracks? This past Saturday, with the support of our very own Burnside Writers...

The other day, I logged into my Facebook account and waiting for me was an invitation to become a fan of Sarah Palin.  Apparently, many women in my demographic have “fanned” her, or whatever the appropriate verb is, and Facebook thought I may want to do the same. After shaking my head and muttering,...

I was recently talking with a friend of mine named Jane about her work at a Christian international non-profit near my hometown in the Midwest. In the course of our conversation she said, “I’m just not sure there is a place for women here.” When I asked why, Jane said, “I think it has to do with...

A few years ago, I got sick and lost some weight, and I never managed to put it back on. So my clothes, while they’re in good shape, hang on my frame and make me look like one of the Papua New Guinea natives who retrieve ill-fitting clothes dropped in bundles from missionaries in airplanes.  At least...

Revelation 3:17: “You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.” Pictured: Maggie Newton Van Cott, the first woman licensed to preach in the Methodist...