I sat with them for perhaps 30 minutes, unsure what to say. As I was leaving, Yousef walked me to the door. I expected to…
Fear of being wrong, of being deceived by Satan, of throwing away my entire life for a mistake. I closed the Bible and prayed with…
In that electrically charged moment of confrontation, Leo discovered himself utterly incapable of formulating an immediate or adequate response. The words he might have spoken…
However, Arno responded by shaking his head slowly and thoughtfully, his expression one of prudent cautions hempered by experience. You overlook or perhaps underestimate the…
He read it not hastily, but with deliberate care, absorbing its contents once, then, twice, and finally a third time for thorough comprehension. each successive…
Nevertheless, for each resounding voice of resignation, condemnation, or dissent that emerged, three countervailing and affirmative perspectives rose up in support voices that had long…
Their names were Khalil and Muhammad, both in their late 20s, both experienced fighters who had served in Syria. Khalil drove while Muhammad sat in…
My whole life, my whole world view, everything I had believed and fought for, it was all crashing down around me. Tears poured from my…
Even after 40 years of fighting against you, even after all the people I killed who believed in you, even after all the hatred I…
The sensation of re-entering my physical body was jarring and painful. I suddenly I could feel everything again. The pain in my chest where shrapnel…

