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Four Easters and a Funeral

by Gabe Gunnink | Apr 20, 2017 | Georgia, Grand Rapids, Italy

Christmas is always the musk of dusty angel robes and glow of Christmas tree lights on the hardwood floor. Easter, however, is rarely the same twice.

As We Go On, We Remember

by Mary Margaret Healy | Apr 19, 2017 | Placeless

I didn’t cry at this graduation, like I did all those years ago on the stage of my elementary school, but I would cry later.

A Name is a Name is a Name (?)

by Ben DeVries | Apr 18, 2017 | Illinois

I’ve found that the mundanities of teaching quickly and quietly bleed a name of its import.

Next Episode, Please: Season 3

by Geneva Langeland | Apr 17, 2017 | Placeless

As readers might recall from Season 1 and Season 2, I’d allowed podcasts to become a steady burble of background noise flowing through my waking, non-working hours.

For whom the rooster crows

by Andrew Knot | Apr 16, 2017 | Cologne

There are other surmised explanations for the rooster’s place on church steeples, but this account seems the most plausible to me.

A Series of Honest Postcards

by Cassie Westrate | Apr 15, 2017 | California

There is something about watching people pick out spaghetti sauce, and knowing they will cook and eat a meal together, leave dirty dishes in a sink together, that makes me ache.

How Everything Felt

by Will Montei | Apr 14, 2017 | Washington

So much of poetry is naming things.

When I Get a Job

by Catherine Kramer | Apr 13, 2017 | Placeless

When I get a job, I will have a brand-new wardrobe to match my brand-new job. I’m not sure where all these new clothes will come from, but most likely Olivia Pope’s closet.

Adventures in Groceryland

by Abby Zwart | Apr 12, 2017 | England, Michigan, Washington

I know which cashier is the fastest, which one is the nicest, and which one packs my reusable grocery bags like her own personal Tetris championship.

The Floppiness of Students

by Elaine Schnabel | Apr 11, 2017 | Placeless

My students rarely say “no,” however. They say “It’s difficult” or “I’m tired,” because from their perspective they are trying.

Light from Light

by Katie Van Zanen | Apr 10, 2017 | Egypt, Massachusetts

I didn’t know how to write about a rain jacket on Palm Sunday after forty-four people died in their churches.

To Be Known Again

by Bart Tocci | Apr 9, 2017 | Massachusetts

When you start to recognize people and places, and you start to be recognized, you start to feel home. Re-cognize—from the Latin cognoscere, “to know.” To re-know, or to know again.

Fragments, Detritus, and Half-Scribbled Thoughts

by Paul Menn | Apr 8, 2017 | Placeless

I have so many half-baked ideas rattling around in my brain, interesting websites bookmarked for inspiration, words and sentences hastily scrawled on Post-It Notes.

Instructions for Living an Untimed Life

by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Apr 7, 2017 | Placeless

Mostly, I pace. While I pace, I think about what I’ll make for dinner. I think about the fact that I’ll have time to make dinner because we test again tomorrow so that means no lesson planning.

Crotchpot

by Josh deLacy | Apr 6, 2017 | Washington

I recently discovered the healthy, frugal, “have my shit together” magic known as a crockpot, specifically, a brown-and-tan, floral relic from my parents’ wedding that in a roundabout Oedipal way, led to the traumatization of my penis.

Spring Cleaning

by Alissa Anderson | Apr 5, 2017 | New York

I would even go so far as to say that tidying, a good spring cleaning that freshens any staleness that has settled in over a long winter, can be a spiritual practice.

Welcome to the 1-800-HEAVEN Hotline

by Ben Rietema | Apr 4, 2017 | Placeless

For Christianity, press one. For Judaism, press two. For Islam, press three. For Atheism, please hang up and try again.

The Trouble with Communion

by Meg Schmidt | Apr 3, 2017 | Placeless

So I understand the benefits of the simple, unfussy communion of my childhood. It’s much neater, less ripe with possibilities for awkwardness.

Cheering on a Long-Distance Runner

by Jacob Schepers | Apr 2, 2017 | Indiana

Every spring, Notre Dame holds a half-marathon called (surprise, surprise) “The Holy Half.”

Something-American

by Katerina Parsons | Apr 1, 2017 | Honduras

Here I’m asked to explain it: why we talk so loudly, why we dress so sloppy, why we elected Donald Trump.

Life in a Series of Starts and Stops

by Ty Bleeker | Mar 29, 2017 | Grand Rapids

The pattern of post-grad life has few intuitive goals. The to-do list is not made for you; life seems more intrinsically aimless.

Kiss and Tell

by Bekah (Williamson) Medendorp | Mar 28, 2017 | Placeless

The friends who kissed early were given the eyebrows at youth group and the girls who hadn’t kissed by college were insecure.

Wait for the Lord

by Brad Zwiers | Mar 27, 2017 | Placeless

We buried my great-grandmother on Saturday, March 25. She was ninety-six years old.

The Potterville Curse

by Nick Meekhof | Mar 26, 2017 | Michigan

The timeline suggests Potterville is overdue for another disaster. The Potterville Curse is alive and well.

Little Holy Moments

by Jack VA | Mar 25, 2017 | Placeless

I recently took a picture of a dumpster while scouting a location for work. My coworker ‘s reaction was basically a polite, but baffled acknowledgment: “ah, yes, that is a dumpster.”

A Love Letter to the Cast of Ragtime

by Lauren (Boersma) Harris | Mar 24, 2017 | Grand Rapids

I was recently in a local theater production of Ragtime. I’d like to take a moment to thank my fellow cast members for being humans, and for the joy they brought to my life just by existing.

The “B” Word

by Julia LaPlaca | Mar 23, 2017 | Placeless

“What did I hear you say?”

“I said I was bored.”

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