Five years ago, on the eve of Tisha B’Av, after a night of detention by armed soldiers for “our own protection,” my family and I were expelled from the Republic of Niger back across the land border into Northern Nigeria. The irony of being forced back into Boko Haram territory for “our own protection” was not lost on us.
Between The Straits And Up The Mountain
Reflections on the Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz during these difficult days.
Right or Wrong: Necessary but Insufficient Questions
Let’s try a thought experiment—an easy one, actually—because it invites us into a moment in which we all have found ourselves many, many times.
Blessings, Curses, and Cartoon Villains
Blogger Tim Urban recently wrote an e-book entitled “What’s Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies.” It’s an excellent analysis … Continue Reading