Three healthy dishes sit on a marble countertop. These meals contained ingredients from the Malibu Farmers Market, which is a way to eat healthier while supporting local businesses. Photos by Lucian HimesFarmers' markets provide access to fresh, locally grown food, according to the USDA. Students can shop at the local Malibu Farmers' Market, which operates every Sunday from 9 … [Read more...] about Friendly Foods: Local Ingredients Can Enhance These Three Recipes
Currents Spring 2023
The Sound of Healing: Exploring the Transformative Power of Sound Baths and Reiki Energy
Sophomore Victoria La Ferla poses in the usual position for sound baths. The gradient colors around her are what she said she often sees during a sound bath. Photo by Lucian Himes and Art by Haley HoidalReiki and sound baths restore the best version of myself.As I lay down on my meditation mat, my head faces the direction of the sound bowls — metal or crystal bowls … [Read more...] about The Sound of Healing: Exploring the Transformative Power of Sound Baths and Reiki Energy
Skin-care Testimonies: Students Share Their Go-to Products
Loren Eastman applies her favorite Rhode lip treatment. Eastman said this is one of her favorite products. Photos by Lucian HimesSkin care varies from person to person — three Pepperdine students said their skin-care habits and products are important to them in many ways.Loren Eastman and her love for The OrdinarySenior Loren Eastman said she started using skin care in … [Read more...] about Skin-care Testimonies: Students Share Their Go-to Products
‘We Are All Connected’: Loving One Another in Different Religions
Art by Abby WiltLove, and how people show and receive it, comes in many forms.These acts of love, or loving kindness, reverberates throughout people of different religious beliefs.“We need to grant each other the dignity of difference, we also need to find those things that build bridges between our differences — and loving kindness does that,” said John … [Read more...] about ‘We Are All Connected’: Loving One Another in Different Religions
Religion, It’s Bigger than a Checkbox
Junior Ginger Jacobs smiles among the flowers on Pepperdine’s campus. Jacobs wore her Hamsa hand earrings — a Hindu symbol meaning 'Do not be afraid.' Photos by Lucian HimesAt Nepal-Tibet Imports in the small town of Fort Collins, Colorado, a miniature statue of the Virgin Mary sits high upon a shelf, right next to statues of Hindu deities Ganesha and Shiva.The … [Read more...] about Religion, It’s Bigger than a Checkbox