7 Leaders to Follow in 2017
Selected by Relevant Magazine, here are the seven leaders you need to know.
Women
‘Get the Girl to Do It’
What 'Hidden Figures' reveals about race, women, and how our sons see our daughters.
A Tale of Two Thighs
A Tale of Two Thighs
DEAN DROBOT / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
I have to whisper.
My thighs are onto me.
For years we have had an amicable-enough agreement: I will continue feeding them raw cookie dough, and they will do their best not to make a ruckus when we walk down the street. But the jig is up. They've noticed that I've been trying to break up their happy union.
The decision to declare war on my thighs happened on an unsuspecting Tuesday morning at the gym. I was engaged in my normal r..
A Healthier Year, Body and Soul
A Healthier Year, Body and Soul
What is magical about January 1st that gives us renewed hope and energy to imagine visions, create missions, and sketch out new goals? For me, it’s the “New” in “New Year,” which reminds us to take a pulse on our lives and to evaluate how closely we are living the life we feel we are intended to live—the life God wants us to live.
It all sounds fantastic—spiritual even. So how does this moment to reflect on our lives turn into us being on diets, feeling frustrat..
If Your Degree Doesn’t Get You a Job, Is It Still Worth It?
If Your Degree Doesn't Get You a Job, Is It Still Worth It?
MITYA KU / FLICKR
I sat in the middle of a crowd, tears streaming down my face. I tried to wipe them away discreetly, but I couldn't stop crying. The other congregants probably didn't notice, but I felt on display. The pastor was giving what should have been an encouraging sermon, and the crowd was responding well. But for me, each word ripped the scabs off recent wounds.
“Work is a calling on every person's life,..