In the bible, Jennifer means “fair one” it is associated with being fair and smooth. The name Jennifer is a Cornish variant of Guinevere, meaning the white fay or a white ghost, "white phantom" or "white fairy." The white fairy is something that is beautiful, just like Jennifer. ...
and this time there was no re-burying them. Now that I had a child, it felt like my life had more meaning than ever. The dark-haired, blue-eyed baby felt so valuable; my own life was flooded with hope and joy at his presence. But with none of the usual distractions in place, th...
AMERICA’S REAL IMMIGRATION CRISIS: THE ATTACK ON DUE PROCESS IN THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION COURTS WELCOME TO THE BREAKFAST CLUB: INTRODUCTION TO IMMIGRATION LAW & POLICY, GEORGETOWN LAW, SUMMER 2017 EDITION HARD TIMES IN THE IVORY TOWER EXISTENTIALISM AND THE MEANING OF LIFE AT THE U.S. IM...
Author of The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith and Founder of Well-Watered Women All the hustle and all the hurry never gets us one quick-step closer to the things we value most: love, connection, and meaning. From the opening chapters ofGrowing...
During this time, I wanted to search for meaning. So many things happening in such a short period of time, progressively getting worse–there had to be something I was to learn. I wish I could give a profound theological answer, but, honestly, I’m not sure. ...
I was the opposite of proud. I’m a spiritual person and I embraced the good news as an exchange of grace I don’t deserve or understand, something connected to my father’s faith as he did his dying this spring. It’s a religious person thing, meaning made in the best of faith…...
In 2012, I joined the pregnancy and infant loss communitywhen we lost our first child,Lorenzo, during my second trimester. I subsequently miscarried, as one in five pregnancies do. I am now parenting after loss and writing about our journey in theThe New York Times,The Washington Post Magazi...
In this provocative book, originally published in 2014, Jennifer Harvey argues for a radical shift away from the well-meaning but feeble longing for reconciliation toward a robustly biblical call for reparations. Now in its second edition—with a new preface addressing the explosive changes in Amer...
Because that’s the God-honest truth echoing down through the ages. Our stories matter.Wordsmatter. If you don’t believe me, visit an airport lobby today, and see what people are holding in their hands. Better yet, try to open the Bible to a page that doesn’t contain someone’s per...
In Ecclesiastes 3, Solomon contemplates the meaning and purpose of work by asking the question,“what do people really get for all their hard work?” Solomon’s answer is interesting as he states that “people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” ...