I am proud to have my first featured post today at Provoketive, an online magazine that strives to provide an open and engaging dialogue about life, faith, justice, and culture. There are some truly amazing and inspiring writers associated with Provoketive so I am pleased to be among such wonderful…
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” — Saint Augustine I was recently granted an awesome opportunity to travel to South Korea for five days. After a fair amount of hemming and hawing about whether I could go and should go, I…
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” ― Gustave Flaubert I have been writing on this blog for two months now and amount of things that I have learned have been monumental. There have been incredible highs like when a post is well-received or I…
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Martin Luther King, Jr. You must read this. Do not look away. Do not read this first paragraph and then close your browser. This issue is too important and too pervasive for you to look away. Keep…
“You cannot open a book without learning something.” — Confucius Is there anything more powerful than a book? What else has the power to educate, spread the imagination, foster fantasies, and inspire change? What else can detach your feet from this earthly world and transport you to another alternate universe? …
It was hot that Tuesday morning. Oppressively hot. The sun was just rising and already the day was blanketed in stifling heat. Cruel and unrelenting heat. Teams of migrant workers – many from Mexico and in Illinois for just a matter of weeks – headed out into the dense cornfields…