The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Say what you will about broadband speed. The Internets still lag woefully behind when it comes to viral videos. Take this one that just hit it big, more than two years after the events in it took place. If you’re a cryer, get some Kleenex. If (like me) you’re a […]
Valerie Lemke has no problem with shoes…or, for that matter, any of the goods that are sold under the “Buy One, Give One” model of social entrepreneurship. “There’s a lot of beautiful things that come from shoes,” she says. “But how do you give people opportunities to support their family? […]
If “master penman” made you think of some guy in a wig, wielding a white feather over a scroll of parchment, think again. Better yet, watch this video. Not only will you’ll be swept away by the tactile force and the eloquent vision behind Jake Weidmann’s penmanship, but it will […]
It’s on the warm end of a cloudless October morning. I’m riding a ferry from the end of Rhode Island to an island with a year-round population of about 1,000. I’m sitting beside the window, feeling my heart begin to race with that precipitate giddiness I used to feel when […]
Imagine you’ve gone into business with your friend. Doesn’t have to be your best friend, but a good friend. After a few months, a few years, you find out they did something terrible. Illegal, even. Now you’re both out of a job, with no savings left and no new ideas. […]
In simpler times, stalking was a simple affair of inappropriate attention and restraining orders. Today, it’s so mundane, we even joke about it: “I’ve been stalking him/her on Facebook.” It’s funny until…well, until it’s not. As my friend Elyse says, “You know it’s an idol by the way you react when you’re […]