1. Nurses, Fathers, Teachers, Mothers. Why Do We Devalue Someone the Minute They Care for Others?
"That work of investing in others is actually just as important as the work we do for money. I now look at my mother’s work as a homemaker as well as her work as an artist, and I say, ‘Those things are equal.’ I didn’t believe that three years ago."
2. Do You Think Science and Religion Conflict? Probably Not, if You're Highly Religious
Yep, you read that right. Polls show many people may think science and religion conflict in the abstract, but far fewer think so of their own religious beliefs.
3. Secular, But Feeling a Call to Divinity School
“I didn’t feel unwelcome, but I did feel like it was a call to creativity,” Ms. Thurston, 30, recalled of her initiation. “I wanted to respond to what I saw as a crisis of isolation among young people.”
4. 'Star Wars' Lets Princess Leia Age Realistically. Thank You, Hollywood
Actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) on working with members of the original Star Wars cast: “We all look a little melted. It’s good to see other melted people.”
5. Change Is Afoot Among Evangelicals on Death Penalty
The resolution, which does not call for an end to the death penalty, nevertheless casts serious doubt on the fairness of the U.S. criminal justice system.
A young Muslim woman makes a name for herself as one of Morocco’s female breakdancers.
7. My Writing Education: A Time Line
"It is powerful to feel that the world is dear, it is powerful to always strive to see everything as dear. Toby is a powerful man: in his physicality, in his experiences, in his charisma. But all that power has culminated in gentleness. It is as if that is the point of power: to allow one to access the higher registers of gentleness."
8. Are Christians Supposed to Forgive Abusers?
“Forgiveness is healing to the soul of the forgiver as well as the forgiven. ...However, in the case of relationship violence, premature forgiveness of the abuse through reconciliation can place the abused partner (as well as children, family members and coworkers) at greater risk of future harm.”
9. God Loves My Fat Body As It Is
“In all of my remembered days, two truths remain constant: I believe in God, and I am fat. While there have been seasons where I struggled with my faith or my fatness, neither has ever left me.”
10. Hieronymus Bosch Painted Sheet Music on a Man's Butt and Now You Can Hear It
This is not a drill. An art and music enthusiast noticed Bosch’s inclusion of sheet music on the backside of a man languishing in hell. So she recorded and shared the tune. Naturally.
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