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How do you choose between yummy natural granola bars and delicious organic granola bars? Without looking at the ingredients, you might be persuaded to grab the natural granola bars because they are cheaper and, well, they are natural. Natural seems to be just as good as organic when you look […]
Everything we do in life prepares us for something bigger. That is how I would describe my experience with debate. It is a means to an end. A common misconception is that debating means arguing over politics, but, in reality, it is so much more. To debate is to have […]
There is a theological trend I see among evangelicals broadly, but more specifically in JBU students. It ranges from students who really don’t go to church at all and just read their Bible, to students who go maybe once a month but place things like sports as a higher priority, […]
We easily find to-go cups from our favorite coffee shops, Walmart bags and plastic water bottles littering our college campus. We can also find them in our ocean, landfills and streets. I hear you: paper and plastic are useful and convenient. But my reply is that convenience can no longer […]
The room was silent as we gathered to reflect on our trip to Montgomery. We all felt heavy with the enormity of our experience, the burden of having to process it all and nervousness about saying the wrong thing. How do you debrief hundreds of years of American history? How […]
“Go home. There is no case that can be made biblically for a woman preacher. Period, paragraph, end of discussion.” These words shook the western Christian world last week. Prominent pastor John MacArthur verbally attacked Beth Moore, speaker and woman’s ministry figurehead. All this took place during a Q&A at […]
Greta Thunberg’s name is appearing in our newsfeeds, social media feeds and conversations with our friends. However, if her name is not familiar to you, let me fill you in. Greta is a 16-year-old from Sweden who has, over the past year, become quite the face of climate change activism. […]
Mental illness is not a sin. It’s a struggle, a really hard and difficult struggle. When I first began writing this piece, I kept coming back to John 9:1-3, a passage I have heard throughout this past year. “As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His […]
I am sure you have heard about how we can save the turtles by eliminating plastic straws, or that our oceans are estimated to have more plastic than fish by 2050 or that it takes 713 gallons of water to make one cotton T-shirt. Individuals are becoming increasingly aware of […]
There is a morbid joke that follows mountaineers down the side of Colorado’s tallest peaks. “There goes the next headline,” experienced hikers mutter as they pass tourists hiking up in flip-flops and jeans, toting a single plastic water bottle. It may be a joke, but the looming threat of another […]