On December 21, the Winter Solstice begins in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the official start of winter, the shortest day and the longest night of the year. The sun will set at 4:32 p.m., giving us 14.75 hours of night. This is a good thing. The Winter Solstice has spiritual significance
As I mentioned last week, I’m currently in spiritual crisis. (No, it didn’t fade as the week passed, unfortunately.) I’d love for it to be over, but in order to solve a crisis, one must first understand what the crisis exactly is. Dictionary.com defines a crisis as, “A dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person’s life;” “A condition of instability or danger”; and
I’m having — I’ve been having– what I’ll call a bit of a spiritual crisis in the past few months. In my search for answers, I’ve sought the counsel of various spiritual advisers. My latest mentor in the faith, was, well, less than holy in his intentions towards me; my pastor before him
*On Feature Fridays new writers guest blog about faith and life. Today’s guest blogger is Zeena Garnett. Keep up with her work at “Lifeofthecollegegraduate.wordpress.com.” Show her some love in the comments!* Friday May 6, 2011, I can remember like it was yesterday. The day I had been waiting for practically
There’s been much talk recently about that controversial street harassment video where a woman walks through New York City for 10 hours getting harassed and followed around by men. The controversy around the video stems from the fact that the people behind it edited out all of the White street
Much like in real life, Showtime’s The Affair (a new thriller series) loses it’s appeal after the first enrapturing episode. The show centers around the eponymous affair between McNulty from The Wire and Alice from Luther, in an intriguing yet impossible to maintain flash-forward flash-backward storytelling structure that makes even less sense when you factor in that
At the DC stop of Oprah’s Life You Want Weekend tour a few weeks ago, Oprah said MANY amazing, uplifting things that I recapped for you on Guideposts.org. She is a treasure and I appreciate her light so very much. But what has really stayed with me–mostly because I have never heard
Warning: This post contains Game of Thrones Season 4 spoilers and Jesus stuff that I gleaned from a television show. (I often glean Jesus stuff from TV and movies, if you didn’t know!) Oh Oberyn. That face. That accent. That dance with the spear… I’ll miss it all next season
It’s June 21st, the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Today (also known as the Summer Solstice), because the Earth is tilted towards the sun, we will have 15 incredible hours of daylight. The word “solstice” comes from two Latin
Peggy Olson, the only female copywriter character on AMC’s hit show ‘Mad Men’, has been hailed by Time as “TV’s Most Relatable Feminist.” The actress who plays Peggy, Elizabeth Moss, described her character’s feminism to Vulture this way: “[Peggy] is not going to be a hippie, she’s not gonna start