“Yours will be just as ‘Royal’ – after all, you are the daughter of the King! You are our Princess.” After rolling out of bed at 4:45 a.m. to watch Catherine Middleton fulfill every little girl’s dream of becoming a princess, I read this post from my grandmother. […]
A young married couple arrives after traveling more than 8,000 miles by plane, and another 200 by bus. He grabs her hand as they walk into the orphanage. The cost was high. The journey was hard. Then, from across the room, they meet eyes with a 2-year-old girl. She is theirs — the price was worth it. […]
As you flip through a magazine, watch television, scroll through your Facebook newsfeed or drive down the interstate, you are bombarded by hundreds of images of women. The media have long been criticized for disseminating unrealistic and idealized images of the female body, but the effects of such images are far deeper and more diabolical than we even realize. […]
When I think of sins, I often classify them in a “bad to worse” spectrum. I am fully aware this is not biblical, but I cannot help but think to myself, “I know I should not have done this, but at least I am not a murderer!” […]
In a world of gray morality, our Christian professors ought to be light for their students, to help us uncover the truth about our secular world. It is our responsibility, as students, to face up to the truth and to applaud our teachers who are not afraid to help us find it. […]
We want to care; we want to feel compassion. But sometimes, even as Christians, feeling true concern for a distant tragedy that has little consequence on our own lives is difficult. […]
Merchandise lines the shelves with bright colors and flashy boxes. Crosses gleam from the glossy cardboard, boasting of a more appropriate, toned-down version. This is the world of “Christianized” merchandise. Cheerful imitations of popular fads — here one day and gone the next. […]
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