I think of the Corrie Ten Boom quote “When you are covered by His wings, it can get pretty dark.” It took surviving 2020 and going into 2021 to realize what this meant.
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Detangled and Whole: What Disney Can Teach Us About Poverty Alleviation
January 01, 2021
By Angela Tawfik
Whenever I watch any Disney movie (or any movie), I can’t help but scour it for theological underpinnings. I believe the gospel is an objective truth, echoes of which can be traced in the most enduring stories throughout time.
Through the unprecedented times, we can focus on the Lord and find creative ways to spread not only Christmas spirit, but also Jesus’s light.
We are in a strange time, where there is no guideline on how to live. A lot of ways we think of conducting love and justice cannot be done safely right now. So what does justice look like when love is embodied in being six feet away and wearing a mask?
I believe that we need to learn solidarity with the vulnerable in order to move from fear to love during this crisis. Virtues are character traits that are formed when our actions become habits and our habits become a part of who we are. I want to share five formative practices that cultivate the virtue of solidarity with the vulnerable.
What does it mean to love? Like actually love? My understanding of the word has changed so much in recent years and the more I grow in my faith, the more it evolves and deepens.
Coming to college was a big wake up call, as I took more charge of my faith and had to find my own communities where I could honest with where I stood in faith. Getting involved with a campus ministry and Simple Charity challenged me to tackle questions about faith that I had never really thought about before.
Gratitude rewires our brains enabling us to be cheerful givers. When we don’t feel like giving, we must, in that moment, move our eyes to God’s downpouring grace on our lives.
I had become increasingly convicted of the monstrous food waste happening all around me, and I was constantly reminded of it when I saw uneaten apples thrown out in the cafeteria or half-finished plates leftover in restaurants.