Trudy Taylor Smith lives with her husband, Andy, in Vancouver, BC, where she studies law at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of God in Disguise, a memoir about living in a Muslim slum in India, and she blogs about faith, justice, and culture at trudydsmith.com.

Feeding Consumerism: The Hidden Costs of Cheap Food

When convenience is the highest good, we’re minimizing the time that we spend preparing and eating food, but it’s unclear what we’re saving time in order to do.

Encountering the Enemy: Using Film to Nurture Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

In this and every conflict on earth—between races, between nations, within families—do we have the courage to meet our enemies and discover ourselves in them?

Who’s Paying for Your Vacation?

When we vacation, are asking underpaid workers, their families, and the ecosystems that sustain them to foot our bill?