by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jul 22, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
My wife and I seriously considered skipping the Wild Goose Festival this year. We are in the middle of packing for an out-of-state move later this month. Our apartment is a wreck. Every room has stacks of boxes in the corners. The cats are confused. Oh, and our...
by Helle Liht | Apr 22, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: In honor of Earth Day 2024, we are sharing the following reflection from Helle Liht, which appeared in the March/April issue of Nurturing Faith Journal. It is an adaptation of a presentation she gave to the 2010 Baptist World Congress in Hawaii. My...
by Brett Younger | Apr 8, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following appeared in the March/April issue of Nurturing Faith Journal. Two years ago, L’Appartement 4F, a French bakery, opened a few blocks from my house in Brooklyn. The lines have stretched around the block ever since. Moms with strollers,...
by Dale K. Edmondson | Sep 23, 2021 | Opinion
They call it “downsizing” – deciding what to take and what to leave when you move to a smaller residence. I downsized recently. In the process, I had to assess the importance of certain pieces of furniture. Tables, I found, had a special place in my...
by Frank Rees | Feb 9, 2021 | Opinion
Leaving isolation after a long period of lock-down and social isolation was a pleasant end to an otherwise challenging year. In Melbourne, Australia, we are all so pleased to be out of “iso” — the 112-days of lock-down and social isolation that ended in late October...