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Josiah Lindstrom
Jun 3, 20244 min read
Christ is a Better Ender
How should Christians write about the future that science is creating? Science makes the blind see, the lame walk, and the mute speak....
Jordan Hirsch
May 27, 20244 min read
Parts of Us They Can’t Replace
It is not my own blood I smell. I remind myself of this during every chase. Stalking through an alley between brick warehouses, the...
AJ Poelarends
May 20, 202413 min read
The Future is Here
We’re a restless species. Always curious, always on the move, eager to know what’s beyond the horizon. We’ve gone around the world,...
David Hendrickson
May 14, 20247 min read
What’s in a Name?
In the 2016 film Arrival, we see an excellent example of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, often referred to as linguistic relativity. This...
Claire Atella
May 6, 20241 min read
A Promise of Presence
When I fool myself, I find My foundation is shaking; The ground under my feet splits And darkness seeps up and out of the earth; The smog...
Natalie Dalea
Mar 21, 20246 min read
Meditations on Annihilation
[Note: This article discusses the film, Annihilation, which has received an R rating from the MPAA for violence, bloody images, language...
Ellie Peters
Mar 18, 202411 min read
“A Longer Ladder Yet to Climb:”Decreating the Self in Dante’s Inferno
“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24 What if the...
Jeoff Ayers
Mar 12, 20245 min read
An Eye Here or There
“Everything's forseeable... My grandmother sweeping the sidewalk knows that. She says there's no god, only an eye here and there that...
Josiah Lindstrom
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Laughing in Monsters’ Labyrinth
I know, where you buried— the Monsters. You buried them in your mind. And because you buried them alive, sometimes— they speak. Fluid...
Ian Ruohoniemi
Feb 26, 20245 min read
Solace in Story
Illness is a part of the common human experience, and one that we all would rather not dwell on. I had the dubious privilege of getting...
Casie Szalapski
Feb 20, 20249 min read
There is Grace in the Grotesque:On Reading O’Connor’s Fiction for Sanctification
“You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate.” (Flannery O’Connor, Writing Short Stories) Good literature prods and pinches...
Nikki Yu
Feb 13, 20248 min read
Goodnight Moon: Anthem for New Believers?
“Goodnight Moon” released in 1999, granted the band Shivaree the much desired classification of one-hit-wonder. Made popular by its...
Emily Schoenbeck
Feb 5, 20247 min read
Wednesday
Monday, 7:01 pm [123 hours and 31 minutes post-event] “Did you know her well?” “I’m sorry what?” Matt turned to the landlady lingering at...
David Hendrickson
Jan 28, 20248 min read
The Gospel According to George Lucas
I would like to start by assuring any readers that may be wondering, “Is it a good idea to shoehorn pop culture references into a Bible...
Angela Chen
Nov 14, 20234 min read
Beholding and Becoming
Jorge Luis Borges is an Argentine writer who is known for his short stories. His work is philosophical and paradoxical. As a magical...
Ashlyn Heise
Oct 31, 20237 min read
My Soul Body
Can you remember the first time you became aware of your own body? Perhaps you fell off your bike and scraped both knees, perhaps you...
Elizabeth Kim
Oct 17, 20236 min read
What About Jelly?: A Physician’s Reflection on the Symbolism of Holy Saturday
Disclaimer: The following content contains graphic medical descriptions which may be disturbing to some readers. The church looked...
Casey Garner
Oct 3, 20238 min read
You Might Be a Heretic If
Brother Worthy was having a quiet day sitting in the abbey’s garden tending to his prayers and reading when the young man Jeff Faux...
Olivia Cannon
Sep 19, 20231 min read
He Knows
I kneel in tender broken darkness He knows My knees splayed against my ribs He knows My chest rises and falls He knows this feeling too...
Kyle Hamilton
Mar 24, 202334 min read
Repairing the Truth: Race, Political Reconciliation, and America’s White Churches
Introduction Twelve months after the murder of George Floyd, The Economist argued that understanding public discourse on race and racism...
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