Hope In The Dark

“An autocratic regime renders people provincial and mostly focused on themselves.” Masha Gessen Although my view of the United States Supreme Court is dim due to the legerdemain of Mitch McConnell, I’m pleased that judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate. I didn’t watch her confirmation hearings because…

I MISS YOU MOM I had surgery today and you would have been the first one saying “Are you alright? How do you feel? When will they let you go home?” Those are all the questions running through my mind. And some of the ones I want answers to myself. …

by Chavon Barry When I was eight, I found a gutted white Volkswagen Beetle deep in the forest. It must have driven off the logging road above, shot down the ravine and hit the old-growth Cedar tree at the bottom. Like Nancy Drew, I studied the scarred bark sure there…

I am wanting to share some of what’s been lifting my spirits, in these highly uncertain times… this essay is on the hopeful signs I’ve been seeing, and I’m writing it for my fellow politically-progressive/green, spiritual-but-not-religious peeps… unlike my last two essays, which were written primarily for the conservative evangelical…

Gratitude:UnFiltered “Hope” brought to you by LiveManaUtoya.com and EyeAmConchita.com How do we remain hopeful in a world that seems hopelessly broken? How do we continue to trust a God that seems conspicuously absent? How do we find peace in a world that is spinning out of control? If you’ve ever…

Fear: A Necessary Evil? — I would be lying to myself and millions of other people if I said that this year can only possibly get better. Clearly, the world as we know it is plunging into near madness; simply put, it is quite literally on fire. What were once implosions of irritable behavior towards…

How being a Christian keeps me Sane! After I was born, my father decided to leave his job in Saudi Arabia and become a full-time Pastor in North India. Daily prayers, regular fellowships, sermons, christian songs were all part of my childhood and upbringing strictly. …

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