Ok, I’ll admit that jeans have slipped back into my wardrobe a bit as I’ve come back to work on the farm. But it’s still DRESSEMBER even as I make my transition from Iowa back to good  ol’ California, and so dresses and skirts are still making a prominent appearance into my attire. So why… Continue reading Dressing Up Against Slavery (35 MILLION Lives)

As I walked through the Campus Center a few weeks ago, I paused to look at the questions accumulated on the sticky-note wall. My eyes were drawn to a particular one that asked, “Why do you go to church?”. At the time there were only two responses. I was already disappointed by the first one.… Continue reading Dear College Student: Being Part of the Church Matters

14 people were killed on Wednesday in San Bernadino by supporters of ISIS… Last month at least 128 individuals were killed in the Paris Massacre…. In the first eight months of 2014, ISIS carried out attacks that killed 9,347 civilians… Nine months ago the televisions and newspapers were flooded with the news that 21 Egyptian… Continue reading When Did DEATH Become So Trivial?