Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
LIVING
Welcome to the Lush Cosmetics factory!
When I was a child, I dreamed of visiting Willy Wonka’s magical chocolate factory. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible, since it only ever existed in author Roald Dahl’s fabulous imagination. But yesterday, I was invited to do the next best possible thing – tour the Lush factory in Toronto, which fulfilled all my latent Wonka cravings…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
RELIGION
A Message of Hope: How Our Small Actions Can Change the World
When I pray for the world, I sometimes find myself lost for words and feel discouraged when I think of where we’re headed. Yet, in his recent TED Talk, Why the Only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone, Pope Francis views the future more positively. He outlines where he believes we’re going wrong and offers a message of hope for everyone who genuinely cares about the future…Read Full Article
From busted halo
SPIRITUALITY
A Guide to Spiritually Survive the Evil of Terrorism
Despite the rise of headlines about terrorism in recent years, these attacks on civilians aren’t new. In fact, we can find references to these types of atrocities throughout the Old Testament. What’s more, they’re often wrestled with at a visceral level in the largest book of the Bible….Read Full Article
From Christianity Today
HEALTH
A Growing Movement of ‘Death Doulas’ Is Rethinking How We Die
Levine is part of a growing movement of nurses, social workers and volunteers who are pushing for greater compassion and companionship for people who are dying. Borrowing language from the birthing world, they’re called death doulas, end-of-life doulas, death midwives and palliative care doulas…Read Full Article
From Huffpost
FAITH
Dear Ruth
‘How I need stories like yours when the way is lonely, dark — or seems unending’…Read Full Article
From Ucobserver
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