Meet one of the world's earliest female authors.
Enheduanna: The Original Woman of Words
Magic in a Bottle: Aladdin and the One Thousand and One Nights
Explore the most famous story from One Thousand and One Nights.
Femnista May / June 2017: Exotic Nights
MAY / JUNE 2017: BY CHARITY BISHOP Ancient civilizations found Asia, Egypt, and the Middle East “exotic.” They imported its spices, sought its elephants, tried to settle its wilds, and conquered much of it, but even today, when most of its mysteries are known, that part of the world continues to mystify, intrigue, and inspire …
He Didn’t Expect to Change the World
MARCH / APRIL 2017: BY RACHEL KOVACINY Five hundred years ago this October, a monk and professor at the University of Wittenberg, Germany, wanted to discuss some theological questions with other learned Christians. So he wrote them all down and, since the internet was a few centuries from being invented yet, he posted them to …
William Wilberforce
MARCH / APRIL 2017: BY VERONICA LEIGH To call William Wilberforce a man of faith might be a bit of an understatement. Wilberforce was a force not to be reckoned with. Born in 1759, he was sent to live with his uncle and aunt after the death of his father, to receive a proper education …
“Blessed are they who have not seen”: A Personal Meditation on Faith
MARCH / APRIL 2017: BY JESSICA PRESCOTT Faith. It’s a tricky thing, is it not? Simply put, faith is the act of believing in that which we cannot see. If we could see God in all his glory, right before our mortal eyes—faith would instantly become a superfluous virtue. A moot point. After all, when …
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The Young Messiah
MARCH / APRIL 2017: BY CHARITY BISHOP Have you ever wondered what Jesus was like as a child? How he felt about leaving Alexandria, a great city of intellectual learning and trade, for a Judea under Roman occupation? He went from a philosophical environment to crucifixions, and although John tells us in scripture that Jesus …
The Secret of Kells
MARCH / APRIL 2017: BY SCARLETT GRANT A long time ago I watched a magical animated short film about a young monk in a monastery set in Dark Ages Ireland. This film was called The Secret of Kells (2009). The story it tells is of Brendan, a young novice monk living at the Monastery of …
Caroline Herschel
MARCH / APRIL 2017: BY LILA DONOVAN For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. -Romans 1:20 Caroline Herschel was one of the first female astronomers and actually recognized in her era …
Brutal Christianity: Alfred the Great
MARCH / APRIL 2017: BY CHARITY BISHOP In the second episode of the BBC’s The Last Kingdom, based on Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling Saxon Stories book series, Alfred the Great turns to his priest, Beocca, and asks whether they ought to spread God’s love to the pagans or kill them. Beocca pauses, considers, and says he …
