Mood Rings When I was a kid, I was obsessed with mood rings. You probably remember them - cheap plastic rings with swirly stones shaped like hearts or moons that promised to reveal your true feelings. I wasn't allowed to wear jewelry growing up, but every time we…
Old Testament
The Old Testament - or The Hebrew Bible - tells the national story of Israel and showcases their poetry, songs, laws, legends, and history. Spanning centuries, this is one of the most influential bodies of literature ever written in human history.
Crazy Love
Crazy Love Think of the person you love most in the world. Maybe it’s your spouse, your mom, you brother, your child. Maybe it’s your best friend, or the person who stepped in and became your home when your family abandoned you. You’d make sacrifices, go broke,…
Justice & Mercy
Justice & Mercy It was the early 1980s, and the AIDS epidemic was sweeping through North America, making people into social pariahs and killing them in weeks. Affecting mainly gay men and drug abusers, AIDS was so stigmatized that President Ronald Reagan wouldn’t even refer to it by name.…
Peculiar Preachers
Peculiar Preachers Shane Claiborne isn’t about to win any beauty contests. Tall and almost painfully skinny, with glasses, a scraggly beard and dreadlocks that he pulls back with a faded bandana, he has the intense, slightly crazed look in his eyes that you often find in street preachers. When…
How To Get Away With Murder
Has there ever been a more popular era for police procedurals? On Bones, Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic pathologist, uses her brilliant scientific mind to solve murders. On iZombie, a crime-solving zombie eats victims’ brains and absorbs their memories. Lie to Me’s Cal Lightman expertly reads body language; on…