How to Fill Your Life with Interesting People
I had just settled down to watch the Michael Jackson documentary, Leaving NeverLand, when I received a text that dramatically changed the course of my evening. “Just learned that one…
I had just settled down to watch the Michael Jackson documentary, Leaving NeverLand, when I received a text that dramatically changed the course of my evening. “Just learned that one…
El punto original de la detención de inmigrantes era mantener a los estadounidenses a salvo de criminales peligrosos. Pero en nuestro afán por protegernos, Estados Unidos está encarcelando a un…
The original point of immigration detention was to keep Americans safe from dangerous criminals. But in our zeal to protect ourselves, the United States is imprisoning a group of people…
Finding themselves angry about the hateful and wasteful border wall dominating our national consciousness, the Modern-Day Church Lady and her church decide to build a wall of compassion instead. “Good…
The news is full of outrage about the inhumane treatment of unaccompanied minors from Central America. However, there is one equally terrifying aspect of their journey that is being overlooked. …
It was the ultimate parental shaming. Bored at a Thanksgiving several years ago, my son decided to video the torpid pace of our holiday conversation. No one comes out particularly…
In reconnecting with an asylee friend on a recent trip to Washington D.C., the modern church lady reflects on how her friendships with asylees have enriched her life. Mahmoud is…
The Modern-Day Church Lady recounts an inspiring economic solution she witnessed on a recent trip to Guatemala that helps women thrive in the countryside. The vehemently negative comments I get…
Angered by the President’s gross mischaracterizations of the migrant caravan, the Modern-Day Church Lady sets the record straight about why people leave Central America based on her recent travels to…
While tear gas is lobbed over boarder walls at innocent women and children in the migrant caravan traveling from Central America, the Modern-Day Church Lady meets a young immigrant from…