With the release of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s verdict as guilty on all counts, many Americans collectively exhaled a breath they did not even know they were holding—this was the first time in Minnesota history that a white police officer was found guilty in the death of a Black person....

In Genesis 22, God tells Abraham that he will bless the nations of the world through his offspring. Today, Israel is at the cutting edge of the technological age in terms of its innovative products and humanitarian efforts. These inventions and interventions are what bring God’s promise to life—blessing...

Multiple innocent Black people were killed during the summer of 2020, igniting not only the Black Lives Matter movement but also a rebuttal-turned-rival campaign: "All Lives Matter." Fast forward to March 2021, and a new racial fight has gained traction—this time fighting the myriad of violent hate...

Although it faces considerable amounts of backlash, the Enneagram has managed to become a popular personality test within Christian circles. It has been used as a tool of self-awareness and reflection since the mid-1900s. Unlike most personality tests, the Enneagram focuses less on a person’s external...

Everyone enters conversations about sex with a different framework—the church you grew up in, your dating history, and even your parents’ marriage influences your perspective on love and physical intimacy. The same can be said of “purity culture,” which can be defined in our modern context by...

Malala Yousafzai, Anne Frank and Alexander the Great— they left their mark on the world all before the age of 20. There is something special about you. It tends to bring a positive and hopeful perspective on the world and it brings a sense of justice that demands goals be accomplished. When young people...

As young adults, both of my parents crossed the Atlantic to a nation ripe with opportunity—the United States—with a blend of excitement, uncertainty, and hope. This nation is built on immigration, people who have come from all four corners of the world seeking a better life. It is not an easy journey,...

Unless you or someone you know has autism, you were likely unaware that April is Autism Awareness Month. Don’t worry—you are not alone. Forty-one percent of participants rated their knowledge of autism as weak during a 2017 study by Neurosciences Journal. But as approximately 1 in 54 children are...

Washington D.C. is home to our nation’s capital—the seat of power in the United States. But beyond the historical monuments, museums and granite buildings live about 705,000 people. Residents in the district have regular families, jobs and lives—and there are in fact more people living there than...

Everything has changed with the onset of the pandemic, but our relationships have changed most of all. Many of us have spent months solely in contact with those in our household. Loneliness quickly became an unfortunate reality as small talk and peripheral conversations disappeared. Despite the difficulties...

We have now officially seen COVID-19 ravage the world for an entire year, claiming lives and livelihoods that no one consented to give. And it spread like wildfire from person to person through one of our most basic human needs: social interaction. COVID-19 is a virus that has caused a pandemic. On the...

Although Christians typically think of Eve as Adam’s “helper”—which is taken from Genesis 2:18—Eve’s name means “life,” “life-giving” or “the mother of all life.” God designed women to be complimentary—not inferior—to men.  WHO WAS THE PROVERBS 31 WOMAN? Our perception...