As a kid, no melody made my stomach churn more than “Just as I Am.” We sang it mostly at tent revivals during the summer.

When I was a child, one of my favorite word games involved sliding a card into a sleeve that had a red cellophane window. At

Growing up conservative Mennonite, I’ve heard many discussions on separation and nonconformity. Though I’ve embraced a separated lifestyle, that decision doesn’t come without questions.  What

As a Pennsylvania native, I first visited my current home in Fresno, Calif., in the middle of winter. While I knew enough of the West

The international nongovernmental organization Global Witness found that 1,700 land and water defenders globally were killed in the past decade — an average of one