My Version of Our Story

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The moment that we engage with others, we become characters in their story, says writer Alyssa Royse.

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Why Not Aim for Greatness?

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We don’t aim for greatness and making a difference because we are too busy acting out our conditioning. Why not aim for more?

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The Psychic and the Drunk

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In the age of Facebook, a casually told tale can live forever. What are the implications of speaking ill of the living?

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Who Is Greater?

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What makes someone like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev vulnerable to radicalization? A Muslim American parent of two young men asks a question that strikes close to home.

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The True Believer

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How do two guys come to believe, with absolute certainty, that murder is a moral necessity?

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Who Am I? Exploring Male Archetypes

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Explore different ways of being a man by relating to classic icons, no two of them alike.

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The Aftermath: What I Learned from the Boston Bombings

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Lisa Hickey was changed by the bombings, in unexpected ways. Here, she shares how.

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Our Dangerous Wish to Simplify the Atrocious

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We have a natural wish to make sense of the unfathomable, but the unfathomable isn’t anything we can understand.

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Teaching Peace – For Martin

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Peace is daunting and dangerous. But Julie Gillis insists that it has to be taught.

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Why Loving Homosexuals Means Letting Them Marry: A Christian Perspective

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Love one another—the rest is commentary.

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Self Check: Holding Ourselves and Our Communities Accountable

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Kai M. Green insists that too many times, oppressed people use whatever power they have secured to oppress another, instead of using that power to challenge the hierarchal order of things.

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A Response to Cyber-Bullying

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Rev. Jim Rigby explains his approach to hateful comments on his articles.

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Guns and Fatalism

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Eric Sentell shoots down the argument that “if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.”

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The Consent Challenge

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Shireen Noble offers a personal challenge: a way to actively engage with consent culture in your own life.

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The Power of the Human Voice

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In the age of the internet, what is the value of the human voice?

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Different Racisms: On Jeremy Lin and Singular Models

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Matthew Salesses wonders how he can explain to his daughter that no matter what talents she grows up to possess, much of the world will see her in only one way.

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