A Dove Real Beauty sketch.

Who defines ‘real beauty’?

When I was a little girl, my father always told me I was “the most beautiful girl in the world.” I believed him with the kind of pure-hearted trust a daddy’s girl has for her father. And then I grew up. It was…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/who_defines_real_beauty]

Mike Scott in his garden.

Backyard nest eggs

Food |  Chicken coops and fresh eggs are the latest trend in urban farming

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Confessions of a 25-year-old Christian virgin

Confessions of a 25-year-old Christian virgin

Culture |  It’s hard being one of the few not ‘doing it’

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Jeanne Kelly in Rockdale, a community garden in Los Angeles.

Cultivating an urban wilderness

Food |  City-dwellers are transforming unused plots into miniature farmland

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/cultivating_an_urban_wilderness]

GOOD NEWS: New City Church
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L.A. grace

Cities |  A spiritual renaissance comes to downtown Los Angeles

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/la_grace]

Book Review: Truth or fiction from North Korea?

Book Review: Truth or fiction from North Korea?

Books |  Adam Johnson’s novel The Orphan Master’s Son (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012) traces the twisted yet fantastical life of a young North Korean nobody…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/book_review_truth_or_fiction_from_north_korea]

TRYING TO STAY TOGETHER: Song preaches in Korean (left) while a deacon translates into English
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Divided we stand?

Lifestyle |  Generational differences bring big challenges for some Asian-American churches

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A SAFER WORLD: Kim Jung Yi in the kitchen
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Grateful escape

North Korea |  Two North Korean refugees sleep every night in their own struggling restaurant—and count it a blessing

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/grateful_escape]

Yohana Bencosme is seen chopping carrots in the Liquiteria juice bar in the East Village section of Manhattan.

Juiced up

Food |  The latest health trend to go mainstream extols liquified fruits and vegetables

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SAME SIDE, DIFFERING TACTICS: Horowitz (left); KCC members pray outside the White House (right)
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Prayer and politics

North Korea |  A worldview split leads to sharp differences on how to fight oppression in North Korea

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/prayer_and_politics]

SOUTHERN LIVING: A 29-year-old who has decided to keep her baby is seen at the Duri Home, a center for unwed mothers in Seoul.
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‘Aborting the future’

Roe v. Wade |  Alarm about low birthrates brings official attention to abortion in South Korea

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CONNECTING: Students from UCLA’s Christian Students organization at the group fair.
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Multiple identities

Lifestyle |  Asian-Americans foster faith on campus through both multi-ethnic and Asian-specific fellowships

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/11/multiple_identities]

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