Third Way Archive
Forgotten Faces of the War
When I visited Lebanon earlier this year, I met with a Syrian refugee family living in a cold, unfinished building.
Small Town Heroes
The lyrics sound like they connect with the canon of traditional music, but you need to dig deeper.
Lila
This exploration of the meaning of things runs through all of Robinson’s fiction (she is perhaps our most theological of literary artists), yet she is less interested in answers than in the exploration of them.
You Don’t Have Rights Here
Alicia,* who witnessed her mother’s murder and feared retaliation from local gang members, made the dangerous trek from Honduras to the U.S. with her two children, ages three and ten-years-old in August. She was detained. She told U.S. Border Patrol officers of her fear of returning home. “I cried, I said I couldn’t return to my country. Sometimes you are so afraid…” Two days later, Alicia was deported. What about Mary and Joseph, who were fleeing a place where their sons life was in danger, similar to Mateos story above? Mateo* ran a small business in Honduras but went bankrupt […]
The Skeleton Twins
While the twins don’t have a specific reason for losing touch for 10 years, they have been living parallel, unfulfilled lives.
Gone Girl
And that’s the ultimate problem with Gone Girl. I can appreciate it on its technical merits . . . But I didn’t enjoy this film.
Pride
Not only is the acting superb across the board but, writer Beresford has magically found time to develop at least a dozen characters, giving one after another their own personal moment to shine.
Building Strong Health Systems Must Be a Priority
3,500 people have died as a result of the current Ebola outbreak. By way of comparison, more than 600,000 people die from malaria every year.
Woman to Woman
Love songs tend to offer only one side of the story, or one emotional response.
