Savanna DiStefano

Last week I sat on a metal folding chair around a bonfire with church members in Kayenta, Arizona. It was a cold desert night, but I don’t remember the temperature…

Last weekend I decided to do something a little different. I traveled with a group of friends to Beebe to receive new ear piercings, which was like eating candy to…

Tererai Trent grew up in a rural town in Zimbabwe, then known as Rhodesia, during colonial rule. She did not have the opportunity to go to school. Instead, she was…

I did not know anything about grief until I began to experience it myself. I’ve never heard a lesson, sermon or chapel talk on it. I’ve never been taught what…

I used to be an athlete, back in the day when Bruno Mars made his debut and UGG boots were still in style. I loved high school sports, and I dedicated…

My parents started dating their senior year at Fraser High School, back in ‘84. They met at a Halloween party that my mother attended with a different guy — one…

My family just purchased our first artificial Christmas tree. I am not sure how I feel about it yet. I cannot imagine coming home to a pseudo tree in our…

I used to think I would change the world. I was a blissful, naive high school kid. I thought saving the world was simple: be kind and be like Jesus. I…