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Wait Without Hope
by Josh Parks | Apr 8, 2022 | Placeless
Historically, whenever Christians declare or expect victory, bodies pile up.
A Teacher’s Farewell
by Susannah Boersma | Apr 7, 2022 | Michigan
I never thought I would need to make an explicit rule banning headlocks, but you guys proved me wrong.
The Totally Definitive Kingdom Hearts Tier List
by Alex Johnson | Apr 5, 2022 | Placeless
Re:Coded is the unfairly maligned stepsister I will defend with my life.
The All-Inclusive – From Home
by Comfort Sampong | Apr 4, 2022 | Placeless
Or was I the only one in high school who used the Lonely Planet guide to France to map out the bakeries I wanted to visit?
Sister Vacations
by Ansley Kelly | Apr 3, 2022 | New York
It felt like we had pulled one over on the natural order of things.
Spring Cleaning But Make it Anecdotes
by Christina Ribbens | Apr 2, 2022 | Placeless
Romans were sacrificing birds to figure that stuff out.
The Back Row, Phone Tag, and Bottled Water
by Juliana Knot | Apr 1, 2022 | Benton Harbor
When you need it to drink, cook and brush your teeth with, a gallon doesn’t last long.
This Dry Homemade Tofurkey is Sacred
by Rylan Shewmaker | Mar 30, 2022 | Belgium
I can join the response to “Le seigneur soit avec toi” with “et avec votre esprit.”
Theater of the Absurd
by Kat Jonker | Mar 29, 2022 | Grand Rapids, New York
There truly is a place in the human soul for interminable stories.
Notes From a Georgia Waffle House
by Jon Gorter | Mar 28, 2022 | Georgia
Are we one, two, or three-ply people?
Skins and Friends
by Anna Jeffries | Mar 27, 2022 | Placeless
I feel as though I ought to have a more bold and discrete position.
What We Lose When We Ban Books
by Annaka Koster | Mar 26, 2022 | Placeless
I am more worried about the effects that these conversations have on adults.
Thinking About Thinking About Thinking
by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Mar 25, 2022 | Placeless
Our thoughts need company as desperately as we do.
Scrambled Lenten Reflections: The Books I Haven’t Read
by Joshua Polanski | Mar 24, 2022 | Placeless
What can you know about me through my unread books?
Why I Love ‘The Bob Emergency Part II’
by Mitchell Barbee | Mar 23, 2022 | Placeless
Names trend up and down all the time. It’s weird to mourn the loss of a name.
Younger Me
by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Mar 22, 2022 | Placeless
Little by little, I’m watching graves turn into gardens.
Close Enough
by Emily Joy Stroble | Mar 21, 2022 | Placeless
Where is the line is between voyeur and vigil-keeper?
What Chronic Pain Has Done for Me
by Chad Westra | Mar 20, 2022 | Placeless
Only after living with persistent pain did I understand why old people can be so grumpy.
Financial Freedom
by Lillie Spackman | Mar 19, 2022 | Placeless
Taking ownership of your finances is daunting, but possible.
Binging with Babish
by Ben DeVries | Mar 18, 2022 | Placeless
Words like fond, roux, and laminated dough mean something to me now.
Seeking Silence in Lent
by Laura Sheppard Song | Mar 17, 2022 | Placeless
I feel in every moment that I need to be accomplishing something, even if that something is entertainment.
Beads and Ashes
by Katie Van Zanen | Mar 16, 2022 | Mississippi
We drove past house after house set high on pillars to protect from future hurricane storm surges.
The Company We Keep
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Mar 15, 2022 | Placeless
Growing up is just a matter of noticing the neighbors.
The Baby Competition
by Finnely King-Scoular | Mar 14, 2022 | Placeless
“No kids, but four nieces.”
“Well, it’s different when it’s your own kids.”
The Joy of Writing
by Olivia Harre | Mar 13, 2022 | Placeless
The chance that something I’ve written could be made better paralyzes me into never wanting to publish anything at all. Where’s the joy in that?
Excerpt from a Sermon on the Transfiguration
by Klaas Walhout | Mar 12, 2022 | Placeless
This passage is not just about presence but also about the absence that is to come. What the disciples will miss.
On Creative Droughts
by Lauren Cole | Mar 11, 2022 | Placeless
It was the worst writer’s block I’ve experienced—not even like pushing a boulder up a hill but like pushing against a wall.
Siren’s Semantics
by Philip Rienstra | Mar 10, 2022 | Placeless
I’m pretty sure this one is McDonald’s’ fault.
I Can’t Stay Here
by Gwyneth Findlay | Mar 9, 2022 | Placeless
I became used to telling people about the bridges I burned, but that’s not quite right.
Calvin, Redacted
by Josh Parks | Mar 8, 2022 | Placeless
Nearly all sound consists of God and dew.
