In this series of work, Alfield Reeves has been capturing the lives of real people in Grand Rapids. This photo series is birthed from a collection of things: my love and desire for perspective and wisdom, my passion for photography and writing, all intertwined with my discontentment of living in Michigan. A pretty obscure combination,…
Category: Culture
Book Review: Public Faith: How to Think Carefully, Engage Wisely, and Vote with Integrity
Public Faith in Action: How to Think Carefully, Engage Wisely, and Vote with Integrity. By Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2016. $21.99, Hardcover, ix+240 pps. Authors Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz are theologians concerned with Christians living and embodying Christ’s teaching to love God and neighbor. In Public Faith: How…
Smoke-Stained Sky
Walking the streets of Bethlehem during the protest was not a fearful event for me. I perhaps never felt safer, even at the sound of tear gas shot into the air and watching the smoke in the distance.
Called to Rejection
They called me “100% gringo.” If I had been white enough to blush, my anger and frustration would have instantly been revealed. However, my skin wasn’t white. They didn’t see my anger, frustration and shame. Back in the United States, calling a Latino a gringo was either a bad joke or an insult good enough…
