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A Crisis in Xinjiang: China’s Attempts to Brainwash the Uyghur Population
“You can’t tell anyone what happened, you can only lie down quietly. It is designed to destroy everyone’s spirit.” “There were many people in those cells who lost their minds.” “The screams echoed throughout the building. I could hear them during lunch and sometimes...
Peacefully Expectant Eschatology
Our world has long seen the violence of homogeneous regimes toil and struggle on its soil— this age-old drama is nothing new. From the police brutality seen last summer to the often-mentioned Holocaust that scorned Germany in the 1940s, humankind seems averse to...
Tension Brought to Peace: Juxtapositions Within Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
The Puritan sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” presents a blatant and seemingly hopeless tone regarding the doom of unrepentant humanity. However, upon a closer and more intentional examination of this piece, its potential to establish within its audience a...
Poetry and Protest
Throughout her work, Amineh Abou Kerech demonstrates how poetry has helped young refugees suffering from diaspora persevere through both a critical point of their childhood development and a geopolitical struggle, while simultaneously bringing awareness to a war whose...
It’s Time to Start Reading Fairy Tales Again: Applying The Chronicles of Narnia to the Tangible World
“I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result, you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But someday you will be old enough to start...
Buddhism Through a Christian Lense
“And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (The Holy Bible Mark 16.15). The noble call for Christians to spread the good news of the Gospel has been around for decades; however, not many people know how to successfully...
Shalom – a Cursory Examination of Peace, Justice, and Violence
“At Gordon College, we are committed to shalom—a right ordering of relationships and actions resulting in the affirmation of human dignity and the flourishing of community” (Gordon College). These are the famous opening words to Gordon College’s “Shalom Statement”....
Quiet Time and Mental Health
In the past year, there has been much discussion involving the effects of people spending much time alone. While the benefits of socializing are well known and have been thoroughly researched, no one has been able to predict the lasting effects of the pandemic on...
Quiet Strength: Supporting Quiet Children in the Classroom
The word “quiet” feels like a comfort and a curse for many shy and introverted children. Quiet can mean peace, a feeling of belonging and natural being; it can also feel like a weapon, used against them by others, a distinctly negative thing. This was my experience as...
How to Gain Power During Peacetime: An Examination of the Allegations of ‘Debt Trap Diplomacy’ against China’s Belt and Road Initiative
When one hears the word ‘power,’ pictures of weapons, tanks, and declarations of war may come to mind. Throughout history, warfare has been the most straightforward (and destructive) way for a nation to get its own way. Conversely, the ways in which nations exercise...
“Be Still and Know”: Cultivating Stillness in an Anxious and Overstimulated Generation
“Be Still and Know that I am God,” Psalm 46:10. In the Christian community, this verse seems to permeate throughout all dominations and religious circles. Over the years, however, it seems to have lost much of its intended effect, and is now seen to many as only a...
The Role of Works in the Christian Life: Reflections on The Rule of St. Benedict and Luther’s The Freedom of a Christian Man
What is the role of works in the Christian life? Is true freedom found within the walls of a monastery or in the everyday outworking of faith? With a careful examination of The Rule of St. Benedict and Luther’s essay The Freedom of a Christian Man, this paper further...
The Wallace: An Imprint of and on History
In Scottish history there are few characters that stand out in national memory more than William Wallace (1270-1305). He was a Scottish leader in their Wars of Independence who was eventually captured and killed by the English. In subsequent years the life of William...
A Response and a Solution to Psychological Elder Abuse
I remember the first time I saw and recognized psychological elder abuse. I was sixteen and I had just become a nursing home volunteer. I was sitting at a table with a group of elderly women when an agitated male resident across the...
Understanding the “Why?” behind Three Maimonidean Writings
Introduction From Moses to Moses, there has arisen none like Moses. This has long been the evaluation of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Rambam), otherwise known as Maimonides. One of Judaism’s greatest philosophers and halakhists, Maimonides was a Spanish Jew whose magna...
Disney and the Thin Ideal: Will They Ever “Let it Go?”
The words “Disney princess” typically bring to mind a specific image. Usually this image consists of a beautiful girl aged 14-22— a royal either by birth or marriage. She is beautiful in the way society loves— with large eyes that enhance otherwise petite features....
From Michael and Mary to Liam and Olivia: the shifting landscape of America’s favorite names
Misheel (or Мишээл if you can read Cyrillic) is the tenth most common name in Mongolia. I share this given name with 11,633 other people, or about 0.36% of Mongolia’s total population (Mongolian Statistical Information Service). It means ‘smile’ and is generally...
Writer’s Block: A Struggle for Student Writers
A student stares at their computer screen, looking at the document, looking at the wall in front of them, doing anything to avoid looking at the blinking cursor upon their open Word document. The cursor—it taunts them, reminds them that they have ten more pages to...
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