Jordan Hirsch
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...
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Claire Atella
May 61 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...
Jeoff Ayers
Mar 125 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 52 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...
Emily Schoenbeck
Feb 57 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...
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...
Jennifer Carnell
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Tension
NAIL Why did you pound me into wood, which sent shockwaves through me? I am held here captive between splinters and grain. WOOD Why did...
Natalie Dalea
Oct 7, 202210 min read
Creation Story
In the beginning, there was the Word. The word created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over...
Casey Garner
Oct 7, 20223 min read
The Doors of Life
On the precipice of the future, I glanced into the past; aware of all that had been which could not last. Moving into the realm of...
Jennifer Carnell
Mar 26, 20222 min read
Rooted
When you fell, you rejoiced at becoming new, but my roots cannot fill the crater you leave. You didn’t see how birds and beasts were...
Emily Heilman
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Overpass
Synthetic smoke carried up over a concrete river, walking on the bridge overhead, recalling the taste of speed. Passing boats in passing...
Emily Heilman
Oct 7, 20211 min read
Surviving History
Inspired by Tylor, Edward Burnett. “Chapter III: Survival in Culture.” In The Origins of Culture, 70–111. Harper & Brothers Publishers,...
Emily Heilman
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Watercolor Dust
—fell asleep inside a sunlit room; when I woke, it was too dark to leave. —stood and walked, bleary eyed, felt my hand along the wall for...
CJ Craig
May 10, 20211 min read
Noonday
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your...
Maddy Woodman
Apr 30, 202013 min read
Created to Dance: Embracing Physicality, Creativity, and Spirituality Through Movement
By Maddy Woodman "My hand shake as I stand in the wings. For the first time, I'm performing my own choreography and I feel vulnerable in...
Holiday Nelson
Feb 1, 20201 min read
The Little Things: Seeing God in Everyday Life
By Holiday Nelson Peaceful sunsets viewed from rooftops; Raindrops trickling, rushing; Rays breaking through rolling clouds; Cleansing...
Jennifer Carnell
Jan 1, 20181 min read
The Valley of the Shadows
by Jennifer Schmitt Carnell To altar is need re-lented ashes to ashes control repented To altar the kneaded in coals risen then broken...
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Sep 30, 201612 min read
DANCE
By Ali Higginbotham “You’re going to get a lot of flack for that.” These words came from Minneapolis-based modern dance choreographer and...
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Aug 31, 20162 min read
GROW WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
By André Nelson In my limited experience, there is no feeling so associated with the Holy Spirit as a lack of control. My approach, as an...
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Jul 31, 20161 min read
THE MELODY OF GRACE
By Stefanie Krueger At the end of the vision I re-entered into reality. I was still sitting in my church pew, now crying at a simple...
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