These are stories of love and peace from the area that has been the iconic symbol of the divisions that are tearing this world apart. The stories start with a wish to stop a war with Iran by getting to know the other side — all by simply starting a conversation.

Key to the narrative was the actions of a deity communicating in the simplest of terms the categories and symbols that will be used throughout the following narratives.

In a media environment of distraction, banality, triviality, and misinformation, it has seemed necessary to learn how to assume the responsibility of an editor: to decide what is important and worthy of our attention. This is the good life, redefined: faith hope love.