Holiday Nelson
Reflections on the Intersection of Nursing Ethics & Faith
As a nurse, there may be times where I won’t agree with what the patient or healthcare provider thinks is the best treatment. This could...
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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,...
Josiah Misselt
Oct 7, 20214 min read
An Unexpected Gift
Like many other freshmen last year, I entered my first semester at the University of Minnesota in 2020 with great uncertainty. Online...
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...
Laura Price
May 4, 20217 min read
Seeking Justice from a Kingdom Perspective: A Conversation with IJM@UMN
The following reflection is based on an interview given by Mara Whiteaker and Laura Price with Tina Penttila, Marissa Otto, and Lara...
Janell Balmaceda
Apr 27, 20215 min read
The Role of Christians in the Extension of Justice to Creation
The joy that accompanies my tour of Spring Peeper Meadow is beyond words. Twenty-five years ago, the wetland was completely degraded....
Casey Garner
Apr 12, 202112 min read
The Foundation of Justice in Academic Misconduct
One of the best aspects of graduate school is teaching. The vocation of an educator demands tremendous effort and copious amounts of...
Caleb Molstad
Apr 6, 202110 min read
Racism, Repentance, and Reconciliation
I want to preface this essay about racial justice by stating two things about my identity. First, I am a Christian and second, I am...
Jennifer Carnell
Mar 30, 20216 min read
Finding the Fair in Fairy Tales
Once upon a time, a boar rampaged throughout all the land, destroying crops and killing villagers. The king offered his daughter’s hand...
D. Brendan Johnson
Mar 16, 202111 min read
New Frontiers in Medical Justice:
Human Fraternity, Human Rights, and Neoliberalism among Fratelli Tutti Lord, Father of our human family, you created all human beings...
Grace Olson
Mar 8, 20214 min read
Healing the Breach: A Christian Reflection on Charity and Justice
I remember one afternoon in my sophomore year at the University of Minnesota, rapidly pacing towards Anderson Hall, I stumbled into a man...
Emily Schoenbeck
Feb 8, 20215 min read
Christian Humility and Disability Studies
This spring I attended a talk by a visiting lecturer, Allison Hobgood, who led a discussion called “Being Smart: Disorientation, Access,...
Ian Gullickson
Feb 1, 20217 min read
It Takes All Kinds:
Gleaning Socio-Theological Wisdom from Durkheimian Functionalism and the New Testament Trope of the Body of Christ Left versus right,...
Kate Rechtzigel
Jan 25, 20216 min read
Dairy Farming with Faith
Before the sun comes up, you can hear the sound of many alarm clocks going off and the distant clatter of boots on the floor as the many...
Mara Whiteaker
Jan 18, 20217 min read
The Sermon is Never Long
Sometimes I keep the sabbath at church, sometimes I keep it at home. And if I’m going to be perfectly honest, sometimes I don’t keep it...
Maddy Woodman
Jan 12, 20219 min read
Thin Places: Seeing God in the Face of Strangers
Have you ever had an encounter in which you felt close to God? Or a time where you felt an emotion well up with a feeling of connection...
Maria Kraker
Jan 4, 20217 min read
What is the Cost of a Cup of Coffee?: Exploring Integral Ecology in Costa Rica
I first encountered sustainability ethics during my sophomore year of college through a Conservation Biology course at the University of...
John Hill Price
Dec 29, 20204 min read
For Sale: Hero Cape, Never Worn
As a society, we are fascinated by heroes. They form the basis for most of our stories: from Odysseus to Wonder Woman, we want to read...
Elizabeth Kim
Dec 21, 20205 min read
Formation Through Fracture
"I am a product of two dissimilar narratives, and I find strain between a tension to investigate the validity of Biblical, historical,...
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