family
Family unites us; but it's also a challenge. All about fighting to stay together, and loving every moment of it.
Welfare by the Numbers:
A lot of Americans still picture a “welfare recipient” as lazy, city-based, and running a scam. That image stuck because it divides people and drowns out boring facts. The boring facts are these: by raw numbers, White Americans make up the largest share of recipients across the big programs. Not because of favoritism—because they’re the largest share of lower-income Americans. At the same time, Black and Hispanic households enroll at higher rates per person because wages, savings, housing access, and employer health coverage aren’t equal across groups. That’s a system problem, not a character problem.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Humans
Memories In Life
Today, I found out through an online portal that someone significant to my life and dear to me had passed away over the weekend. She was young, and she dedicated herself to the service of others in need of help. Lorri DeJong was a beautiful person, with a beautiful soul, who had gone through a lot in her life.
By Nicholas R Yang3 months ago in Humans
The False Dilemma
The Mirage of Choice Every day, whether in politics, philosophy, or faith, people are pressured into false choices. You either believe this, or you must believe that. You either accept this statement entirely, or you reject truth altogether. These are not honest discussions. They are traps.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Planting Truth In Hostile Soil
The Calling To Plant There has never been an age where truth was loved by the crowd. From the prophets of Israel to the apostles of Christ, those who spoke truth have always done so against the wind. Yet each generation faces its own form of resistance. Ours is not built on swords or prisons, but on sarcasm and pride. It mocks what it cannot refute and ridicules what it cannot understand.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
AI And Apologetics
The Tools of the Age Every generation faces the same question in a different form: how should faith engage with new tools of power? In one era it was the printing press. In another, the radio or television. Today, it is artificial intelligence.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Mirror Of Mockery
The Nature Of The Mirror Mockery has become the native language of the modern world. It fills screens, floods comment sections, and echoes through every arena where ideas are exchanged. What once required substance now survives through sarcasm. To ridicule is easier than to reason.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Logic of Faith: Why Reason Without God Collapses Under Its Own Weight
The Myth Of Neutral Logic Modern thinkers often claim that logic is neutral, belonging to no belief system and standing above faith. They insist that religion is emotional, while reason is empirical. But logic is not a freestanding structure. It rests on foundations, and those foundations must exist somewhere.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Map of the Holler
Some maps are drawn on paper and some are drawn in memory. The first kind shows you how to get from one place to another. The second shows you who you are and where you come from. The holler where I grew up never appeared in an atlas, though it shaped every turn of my life.
By Tim Carmichael3 months ago in Humans
Separation: When Love Turns to Silence
It was a cold winter night, long past midnight. A dim lamp flickered in the corner of the room. Azam lay on the sofa, his legs stretched out, one hand resting on his head, the other on the table. Between his fingers, a half-lit cigarette burned slowly.
By shahkar jalal3 months ago in Humans
