by Kay Ahmed | Oct 3, 2019 | From the Editor
Oh, a storm is threat’ning My very life today If I don’t get some shelter Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away ~Keith Richards The Stones were having a rough time when Keith penned their 1969 anthem, “Gimme Shelter.” Some of that was...
by Kay Ahmed | Oct 3, 2019 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, Featured Article
Yesterday I spent several hours at church, but not for the reasons you might think. This was not for a worship service or a committee meeting. It was neither quiet nor serious. The evening I spent at church was filled with noise and children and purple frosting. It...
by Kay Ahmed | Oct 3, 2019 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturySpirituality, Featured Article
She said it with a cool indifference, and like she meant it: “If I stayed in Salt Lake City, I would have killed myself.” She said she had options. She had an underwear drawer full of “benzos.” She could cook a lethal overdose of heroin. The drugs weren’t really for...
by Kay Ahmed | Oct 3, 2019 | Commentary
On a warm Friday night in August I sat outdoors with my friend Xavier and three of his buddies, enjoying the pasta dinner I had prepared for the occasion. Xavier is affectionate and talkative, eager to regale us with pieces of his story—emigration from Cuba during the...
by Kay Ahmed | Oct 3, 2019 | 21stCenturyMission, Creative Insights
Median household income in San Jose, California, the so-called Capital of Silicon Valley, is $96,662 a year, with the “middle class income” range cresting at $193,324, according to the finance website, GoBankingRates. For more than 6,000 people in the...
