Late October to early January is a time for celebration for many AU students, including those who celebrate Diwali, Mawlid, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Eastern Orthodox/Eastern Rite Christmas, Coptic Orthodox Christmas, and El Día de Los Reyes Magos. The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with several students about their family traditions. Diwali – Diwali… Read more »
We don’t need to mentally hear, throughout the day, a choir of angels singing, “Oh come let us adore him” in order to be happy, although it helps, and it helps a lot. We can settle for making our hearts pure, even in soul-crushing times, times when angelic song seems distant. Here are five ways… Read more »
If someone we love hurts us, we grow when we endure. Our loved ones may hurt us, sometimes so deeply that the wounds burrow, raw, to our core. But the secret of forgiveness is to give a vow, a mental marriage vow, to each and every one of our loved ones: I will love you… Read more »
You might not know it, but things at AU came very close to grinding to a halt this year (those of you trying to connect with AU by phone recently might question that they haven’t, but bear with me.) A recent post at the AU Faculty Association site talks about the battle with AU over… Read more »
One of the challenges since the start of the pandemic in March was still maintaining some semblance of a normal social life while being socially distanced. While some of the public health regulations have transitioned from fairly strict to moderately strict and now back to full lock-down for wave two of the pandemic, many of… Read more »
I recently had a craving for crepes and borrowed a crepe marker from my parents. Little did I know that it would be one of the handiest and space-conserving kitchen appliances I’ve used. If you’re a fan of changing up your dinner or breakfast routines, crepes are an excellent way to bring flavor to your… Read more »
Human trafficking is defined as a crime that involves recruiting and exploiting individuals by means of force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of commercial sex, labor, or services. After drugs and the arms trade, human trafficking is the third most profitable business for organized crime. While the act of trafficking a person has not… Read more »
I’m pretty sure that the more we focus our thoughts on love, the more lovely we become, and the lovelier others appear in our eyes. So when another female comes into our vision, fixate on her. Think to ourselves, “I desire to spend the rest of my life with her.” And then smile and even… Read more »