On Sunday, January 26, Kobe Bryant, his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash. The deaths sent shockwaves through the NBA, Los Angeles, and the world at large.
Articles tagged with culture
Bridge-Building in Sioux County
Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Alex Vasquez, director of Young Life in Sioux County, about his work in the community. He is speaking from several platforms that allow him to serve as a “bridge builder” between cultures within Sioux Center.
The Arrogance of Ethnonationalism: A Review of The Virtue of Nationalism
Whether such a vision of a nation banding together internally free from outside interference is the best way forward, I will leave for the reader to decide.
A New Asceticism: Who Defines Excess?
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?
Beauty in the Time of Culture Wars: A Review of “Culture Care”
In his book Culture Care, Makoto Fujimura describes how our culture is influenced by a post-industrial, utilitarian view of life: life is a battle to compete for resources, which are growing increasingly scarce.
Bearing Witness in a TLDR World: A Review of “Disruptive Witness”
In a world full of noise, TLDR or "too long, didn't read," is emblematic our society’s short attention span.