All throughout history, the city has been the center of influence.  From cultural trends, government, and religion, the city has always influenced those people inside of their walls and people beyond.  The same is true today.  The cultural trends found in fashion, media, and music–governmental structures, and leading religious models are found in the…city.  People look to the city for [...]

Compassion: derived from the Latin words pati and cum, which together mean “to suffer with.”  This definition has been resonating in my heart for the past month and a half.  As quick as it came, quicker the doubts arose.  Do I really want to suffer with the least of these?  My flesh quickly said, “of [...]