When I was twenty-five years old and a graduate student in Baltimore, I entered Johns Hopkins Hospital for surgery on my knee. An old…
Using Words to Wound Instead of Heal
Community / Family / Maturity and Flourishing
It is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then…
Youth Culture and Growing Up
Community / Faith / Family / Maturity and Flourishing / Pluralistic World
It is impossible to think about “growing up” in modern America without considering the role of the “youth culture” which every young person—even those…
Crying Through Their Cuts: The Stark Reality of Physical Self Abuse
Community / Maturity and Flourishing / Safe Place
Kevin sits alone in his dark dorm room on a Tuesday night. To his professors and friends, this 20 year-old college sophomore is a…
Eating the Easter Bunny
Creation / Maturity and Flourishing / Work and Rest
You know, there’s a reason why they call those free range, organic chicken breasts in the super market “Smart Brand.” As opposed to raising…