About a month ago I was spending an afternoon on the sun-spotted patio of 18th Street Café in Santa Monica nursing a perfect peach iced tea when I was lucky enough to eavesdrop on one of the most perfect conversations I've ever been fortunate enough to overhear. This conversation was one of those things that just happened to me that reminded me how very small the world … [Read more...] about Connect with the world over peach iced tea
Perspectives
Death penalty terminates potential for redemption
They executed John Allen Muhammed on Tuesday. You may not remember but he was the guy who masterminded the Washington DC sniper shootings seven years ago. That fall I started high school and for three weeks there were no outdoor sports. PE and all practices were indoor only. I vividly remember that was the one season I tried out athletic training and therefore spent a lot of … [Read more...] about Death penalty terminates potential for redemption
Homeless share common humanity
The man was a little bit younger than my dad tall blond and fairly handsome with a dignified appearance. Talking to him one could tell he was educated intelligent and rational. His words commanded attention full of compassion and valuable insight and his gentle spirit was unmistakable.Yet on this cold February night in downtown Denver Hans clad in dirty work boots ill-fitting … [Read more...] about Homeless share common humanity
Staff Editorial: Thankfulness eases pain of 'Stress Season'
About three days before midterm season unofficially began a little monster called Stress crept onto campus and took up semi-permanent residence in the corners of dorm rooms and shelves of Payson creating difficult new situations and aggravating pre-existent ones. By the time mid-semester exams made their rounds Stress had worked its magic on pretty much every single Wave and … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Thankfulness eases pain of 'Stress Season'
Authentic love found beyond the fall
Love. It is a term with which we have become all too familiar. One could incorporate the expression of love to dear and near relatives and yet could simultaneously apply the phrase to a mere appreciation for ice cream. With today's countless connotations of what love really is it would be difficult to apply an absolute definition to the tremendously broad understanding of it. … [Read more...] about Authentic love found beyond the fall