by John Christopher Frame | Jul 1, 2015 | Religion, Responsible living
We Westerners enjoy many privileges. We drink clean water from the tap and can defecate in a toilet without paying a fee. Unless we travel abroad, we aren’t at risk of contracting malaria or any number of other diseases. We enjoy a great deal of freedom. Our human...
by John Christopher Frame | Jun 7, 2015 | Religion, Responsible living
At the top of an email I received today, was this quote: “Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.” (Minor Myers) I read it a couple of times, over and over, just to make sure I understood it. Do well. Do good....
by John Christopher Frame | May 6, 2015 | Religion, Turkey
I was talking with someone recently about botched justice: when someone deserving punishment doesn’t really get it. That’s the unfortunate reality for many places in the world–some people aren’t punished accurately. This person said that, when...
by John Christopher Frame | Apr 27, 2015 | Culture, Religion, Turkey
Every year on April 23, thousands of Turks board ferries and make their way to the largest island off the coast of Istanbul. Many of them purchase a spool of colorful thread from vendors lining the cobblestone path to the top of a high peak, and they unravel the spool...
by John Christopher Frame | Apr 26, 2015 | Religion, Turkey
Five times every day in the Middle East, the call to prayer rings out loudly from mosques all over the land. Loud speakers, attached to the mosques’ towers (called minarets), allow entire neighborhoods to hear the müezzin calling out the prayer from inside....
