Two decades into the 21st century, J. Dana Trent believes that small town churches can collaborate and pool resources to tackle the growing problems rural children face when poverty, addictions and mental illness hit their homes.
With so little hope, it feels like a good time to share a little light. Announcing the “Array of Faith” podcast, where we shed light on the beauty in our numerous religious and spiritual differences. Listen. Subscribe. Review. Let us know what you think! As a professor of world …
Lent 2018 officially ends with Maundy Thursday, when we remember Jesus’s last meal with his friends. You may remember that I pledged to keep “Tech Shabbats,” this Lent, a 24-hour periodin which I’d put away my smartphone. Guess how that went? It’s hard to …
The February after Fred and I started dating in December 2008, I told him I was preparing for Lent. “Lint?” He asked. “Lent.” I said. “Lint? Like pocket lint?” I laughed. “Sort of … but L-E-N-T.” Lent and lint? They actually do have something in …
Mary Anglberger was my favorite babysitter. She kept me while my mother worked weekends as a Duke University Hospital psychiatric nurse. I must have been in third grade when Mary gifted me with the glory that is the chocolate Advent calendar. Amid numbered paper doors, …
Last week, Fred and I made an impulsive decision. We adopted a new cat. Having a second cat is considered impulsive for us. We are a couple who plans everything—but only after cost-benefit and perceived risk analyses, of course. In January, when we became guardians …