A wonderful and illuminating sharing last evening by Sharifa Barakat and Imman Musa before a packed house at Marty and Jerry’s. Thanks to the many students from Maryville and SLU who came as well as new and old friends.
This coming Sunday Lindsay Sihilling will offer a few stories and experiences flowing out of her pursuit of authentic spirituality. She’ll talk about how one night of babysitting for a Greek Orthodox family, a deep…
Poised like an aging bear climbing a tree, hanging on tightly, I collect my breath. Poised like a bird stretching its neck out and pecking at food I collect my breath. Heaven and earth are…
July 2005 It was one month ago that I began to read Whitman in earnest, and, while I still have far to go in prose and poetry, an impression has been made, a fire has…
We would like to talk to you about our Palestinian heritage and some of the unique experiences we have had as Muslim Palestinian-American women living in the Midwest. Sharifa is a product specialist at Elsevier,…
“Bella Levenshteyn I look forward to you going to the Middle East: Because Wherever I look, there you are No matter where you are, there you are If I look at the leaves swirling, there…
for K. M. Schwartz Be cool in your car Make out in your car Drink tequila in your car Listen to Led Zeppelin cranked in your car Go from point A to point Z in your…
Another sunny Ramadan morning in Rafah We head out to meet some people in Block J It, too, had been battered during Israel’s Operation Root Canal A few weeks before we internationals arrived We attract…
Saudade, noun, Portuguese, pl. Saudades 1. longing, yearning, ardent wish or desire 2. homesickness, nostalgia.… Estou cada vez com mais saudade de voce = I miss you more and more every day. Meu coração tem…
Julie Johnson is a photographer and public school teacher in North St. Louis County. She owns a card company called STL Heart Cards. She captures off the beaten path spaces, people, and experiences in St….