By Bev and Phil Haas Looking back on my childhood, my mom was around a lot but my dad wasn’t. He worked hard for long hours and had little energy left when he came home. I appreciate that he provided for us, but I wish he had spent more time with us. Now that I’m […]
By Dr. Mark Scott Valentine’s Day celebrates love. Wedding anniversaries celebrate commitment. Probably the most noteworthy wedding anniversary is the fiftieth. When couples achieve that, it is called a milestone. A milestone festival for Israel was the Festival of Weeks—an interesting name since it was just a one-day celebration. Israel had many high holy days […]
By David Faust When my wife, Candy, and I moved to a different neighborhood a couple of years ago, we asked God for opportunities to connect with our neighbors, and the Lord answered our prayers. A Muslim family whose house sits directly across the street from ours invited Candy to attend a monthly Turkish cooking […]
By Melissa Wuske High School Experiences & Inequality Carla Shedd, part of Columbia University’s sociology and African-American studies departments, studied high schools in Chicago—several segregated and several more diverse—to discover how students’ school experiences shape the way they see themselves and how they view experiences of inequality. She found that black and Hispanic students in […]
By Dr. Mark Scott The driving metaphor of religious practice in the Old Testament is a party. That is rather unique. Islam has its five pillars. Buddhism strives to achieve a state of Nirvana. Hinduism pilgrimages through several Vedas. But for the people of God in Scripture the word is “party.” February is filled with […]
