Archives | the post calvin

My Rebellions

by Lillie Spackman | May 19, 2023 | New York

And you know what? I regret nothing.

HPC Hipsters

by Ben DeVries | May 18, 2023 | Placeless

“Better, we thought, to wait out the clock than go looking for new friends.”

Moving Together Without Drifting Apart

by Laura Sheppard Song | May 17, 2023 | Canada

Your spouse may ask if you really need all these books and couldn’t you get rid of some? The only permissible answer to such an insult is “I don’t understand the question and I won’t respond to it.”

Mary Kajiwara’s Hundredth Birthday

by Tiffany Kajiwara | May 16, 2023 | Chicago

When everyone gathered around her and started singing “Happy Birthday” in a key far too high, she knew to blow out the candles.

A Good Book Can

by Courtney Zonnefeld | May 15, 2023 | Placeless

A good book can fill you with an odd evangelistic urge to press its pages into someone else’s hands.

Phenotypes of Funny

by Michal Rubingh | May 14, 2023 | Placeless

They don’t smile much, they hate small talk, and you get the sense that they are mentally preparing themselves for an imminent apocalypse.

Overstimulated

by Olivia Harre | May 13, 2023 | Tennessee

I type fast, scroll fast, work fast.

Bicycles, Pizza, and Mail Order Ministry

by Jack Kamps | May 12, 2023 | Colorado

As it turned out, carb loading for thirtysomethings is rather different to carb loading for teens.

Pizza and Other Unexpected Delights

by Gabrielle Eisma | May 11, 2023 | Grand Rapids

With a soundless slap, the pizza was on my windshield.

A Comprehensive Tier List of the Starbucks Menu

by Philip Rienstra | May 10, 2023 | Placeless

The Chocolate Cookie Crumble is the Mocha Cookie Crumble without the coffee, and the Double Chocolatey Chip is the Java Chip without the coffee. They have all been placed into C tier for this confusion alone.

Exercises in Androgyny

by Gwyneth Findlay | May 9, 2023 | Placeless

This is often our dichotomy: me with my mane of curly brown-red hair in bright, patterned pastiche; them with their almost-black shag and layers of black jackets.

Papers I Didn’t Write in Seminary

by Josh Parks | May 8, 2023 | New Jersey

Sin, in other words, might be where the rubber meets the road.

The Virtue of Grumpiness

by Susannah Boersma | May 7, 2023 | Placeless

Tucked into a sea of love and joy is an entire character dedicated to grumpiness.

My Friend Alex

by Hannah Riffell | May 6, 2023 | Placeless

I wonder if two-year-olds can feel lonely.

Things My Father Was Right About

by Alex Johnson | May 5, 2023 | Placeless

As if I was meant to absorb the classics in the womb.

All This Can Blossom Here?

by Comfort Sampong | May 4, 2023 | Placeless

Aware the world cannot grant safety, Black love fashions its own shelter.

(Almost) Getting Locked in a Cemetery

by Ansley Kelly | May 3, 2023 | New York

It’s comforting really, to know that even our greatest achievements will blend into the soil that others will stand on.

Predictions for the Vaderland

by Christina Ribbens | May 2, 2023 | Netherlands

I think about saying “bedankt” after ordering but chicken out.

How’s it Pokémon Go-ing?

by Sam Tuit | May 1, 2023 | Placeless

Even then, a year on, people had mostly forgotten about the game.

Finding God In the Sweatiest* Way Possible

by Lydia DeJonge | Apr 29, 2023 | Placeless

As I attempted to do my tenth minute of abs, teeth clenched, shirt soaked with sweat, the only thing that came to mind was confessing sins to my Lord.