On the 26th of April 1336, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca decided to climb Mont Ventoux simply because he wanted to see the view. It might come as a surprise, but this is widely considered the first time anyone ever climbed a mountain for the sake of simply enjoying nature. Prior to this point in history, […]
IN HYDESIGHT
I love watching Forensic Files. I could keep the Investigation Discovery channel on for the entire day without being bothered by it, which in most cases happens anyway while I am at work. I have learned from these shows that most of the time, if not all of the time, the perpetrators are on the […]
SAVORING SUMMER WITH STORIES
Summer is here and I cannot wait to partake in one of my favorite personal traditions. For the past six years, on the first day of summer after I get out of classes, I go to a quiet park and read The Great Gatsby. I know, what kind of person rewards himself for finishing a […]
FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE
As the sun passed behind the Himalayan foothills around 3 in the afternoon, the air suddenly seemed to darken and chill. The villagers finished up their work and began preparing the evening meal of white rice, dahl, and meat. We shivered around the fire, and I gasped when I turned back around to look over […]
DOES GOD HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES?
A long the busy streets of Burbank, comedian and talk show host Jay Leno, once approached random people on the sidewalk with a biblical question. People were asked to name one of the Ten Commandments. With no close second, the number one response was “God helps those who help themselves.” This is a strange response, […]
FAITH NOT WORKS
Where do you find your value as a person? From your job? From your grades? From your relationships? The world teaches us that these are the aspects of life that define who we are as people and who we will become, but that doesn’t make them true. God has something better for us to base […]
7 MEANINGFUL WAYS TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR
Most Americans will spend the last night of the year attending a party dressed in head-to-toe sequins, watching the ball drop in Times Square, or hoping to get a kiss from a crush or even a stranger. Compared to the meaning, story, and ritual attached to Christmas, do these traditions not strike you as bizarre? […]
HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS
We’ve all heard about the mid-life crisis, but today, many young adults experience a crisis well before that: the quarter-life crisis. It’s the scary stage of planning for one’s impending adulthood before finishing college or when the realities of permanently and officially entering the real world start to sink in. For me, my quarter-life crisis […]
A LIFE OF LESS. A HEART FOR MORE.
“What do you really want?” my mentor asked the first time we met. The question felt huge, and the answer almost too big for words. But it came as I listened to my heart bumping around my chest. It felt heavy and wrung out from old hurts and fears stashed in my emotional basement. “I […]
DIRTY GIRLS MINISTRIES
Porn. We are only now beginning to realize the extent of its effects on the brain, relationships, and society at a time when sexually explicit content is just a click away. Christians have recognized pornography’s negative impact for decades, yet it is still often considered a “male” problem within the Church. This can leave women […]
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