Another important question remains, though—in the realm of minimalism, why is it only a select culture of people who get to define what is and isn’t a healthy internal and external reality?
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A New Asceticism: Learning to be Grateful
The roots of minimalism are well-founded; something must be done to stem the tide of thoughtless consumption which threatens to drown us all.
Seeing the Faces of Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction and eventual overdose is not uncommon. Around 130 Americans die every day from opioid related deaths, most of them overdoses.
Longing for Spring: Songs of Lament
Hope cannot be divorced from lament; our hope for tomorrow has a context in the suffering and sorrow that surround us today.
A New Social Pietism
In a couple of hundred years when students in seminary study the period of time from 1950-2100, what names will be important? What movements will define this era?
Martin Luther King and the Spirit of Pan-Africanism
Without a doubt King’s trip to Ghana was transformative and impactful. During this time of year when Americans focus on the life, words, and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, they feed themselves on the regular diet of “dream” and “mountain top.”