Empires rise and fall. During the 19th century, the British Empire was the largest and most powerful political and economic superpower in the world, earning the saying, “The sun never sets on the British Empire.” Other nations looked to England for guidance on progressive reforms and economic trends, such as industrialization, the abolition of slavery, …
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Ringed by Memory
I grew up in Holland on East 17th Street, not far from Columbia Avenue One Stop. My friends and I would often go in there, and one of us would distract the cashier while another would drop to his hands and knees and scrounge for loose change that had fallen under the counter. Across the …
Editor’s Note
Though we established no formal theme for the present volume, an attentive reader might notice several of the following pieces engaging in various ways with challenges of faith. Amidst personal doubt, disagreement in the Church, and religious pluralism across the globe, faith in Christ and knowledge of him can be difficult to establish and sustain. …