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Ghosts We Know
by Cassie Westrate | Oct 15, 2016 | Grand Rapids
Hi. My name is Cassie. There’s forever a part of me stuck in the loop of crawling in and out of bed.
Listener
by Will Montei | Oct 14, 2016 | Placeless
Because I am, and “I AM,” and love is, and there must be more love out there—“the greatest of these.” For these reasons, I follow in the long tradition of abiding with God in silence.
Sweet Teeth
by Catherine Kramer | Oct 13, 2016 | Grand Rapids
Eventually we’ll we end up here, at Martha’s, on a Tuesday, past our bedtime. For sweet treats, those blessed and treacherous confections.
Peter and Wendy
by Abby Zwart | Oct 12, 2016 | Placeless
The character becomes too old, too practical, or too jaded to believe in the thing that once brought him so much joy. That world, the thing he loved so much and invested so much time in, dies. And something inside him dies, too.
Miles to Go
by Elaine Schnabel | Oct 11, 2016 | Indiana
Maybe by the time I’m ninety-six or ninety-seven I’ll see things differently. Maybe I’ll see divine love in the allowance of racial violence, torture, and marginalization.
Solo Cups and Seminary
by Katie Van Zanen | Oct 10, 2016 | Massachusetts
Christians shouldn’t be surprised that people think we’re assholes. As a collective, we’ve thrown our weight behind some pretty misguided causes.
The World Keeps Going
by Bart Tocci | Oct 9, 2016 | Massachusetts
I thought, if I just touch the wood of the casket, maybe God will bring him back. What if that happened? How amazing would that be? Then everyone would believe in God.
It’s All a Leap of Faith
by Paul Menn | Oct 8, 2016 | Placeless
I believe some things because it is easier than wrestling with the hard questions.
(My agnosticism is a cop out.)
the something else
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Oct 7, 2016 | Placeless
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t believe there was something else out there.
Why I Believe
by Josh deLacy | Oct 6, 2016 | Placeless
I believe because I don’t believe in soundbites, How to Win Friends and Influence People, diets, morals of the story, or myself.
The Better Story
by Alissa Anderson | Oct 5, 2016 | Placeless
It is up to the reader to decide which story is true—or if not to determine truth, at least to decide which is the story they will believe.
Let’s Talk About Ghosts
by Ben Rietema | Oct 4, 2016 | Placeless
Do I cling to God and morality because behind those things there lies a black, incessant void of despair and pointlessness that existentialism can barely put a Hello-Kitty band-aid on?
AN OPEN LETTER TO THAT WEIRD GUY JUST STANDING AND WATCHING STUFF IN BREUGHEL’S WEDDING DANCE
by Meg Schmidt | Oct 3, 2016 | Placeless
The fun sexy couple that is totally giving you the side eye and feeling really, really uncomfortable because you are just standing there.
Touchdown Jesus
by Jacob Schepers | Oct 2, 2016 | Indiana
Certainly the most popular selfie-spot on campus, Touchdown Jesus overlooks the football stadium with Christ and his perpetually upraised arms.
I Believe in Hope
by Katerina Parsons | Oct 1, 2016 | Honduras
This hope beyond reason (though not against reason) is not held in monopoly by Christians, but it is central to Christianity.
I Wish I Were Doing What You Are Doing
by Ty Bleeker | Sep 29, 2016 | New York, Wisconsin
But while I travel around working gigs and having experiences that many people feel they desire, something gnaws deep inside me.
Tinder: An Archeological Discovery
by Bekah (Williamson) Medendorp | Sep 28, 2016 | Placeless
Based off the images and captions included, file might have been an inventory of virtual fresh produce.
The People We Love
by Brad Zwiers | Sep 27, 2016 | Placeless
Do you realize how difficult it is to look someone you love in the eyes and tell them what they mean to you?
Betelgeuse
by Nick Meekhof | Sep 26, 2016 | Michigan
I still see Betelgeuse on camping trips with friends and family, and I still think of it as mine.
What It Means to Forget
by Jack VA | Sep 25, 2016 | Placeless
And this scares me. Really scares me. Because our brains are wired for forgetting.
Things You Used to Know
by Lauren (Boersma) Harris | Sep 24, 2016 | Placeless
NOTE: In this post, I use a lot of CAPS LOCK. You may worry that this is because I am mad at you. It is.
A Saint for This Season
by Julia LaPlaca | Sep 23, 2016 | Placeless
All human societies make heroes. Christians enjoy a cloud of witnesses to choose from—some ancient and some who bear the complexities of our own times.
I Have a Problem
by Matt Medendorp | Sep 22, 2016 | Alaska
Hello, my name is Matt and I’m a gearaholic.
The Late Twenties
by Andrew Orlebeke | Sep 21, 2016 | Korea, Washington, Washington, D.C.
Self-exploration and discovery don’t stop at the end of the twenties or upon graduation or after getting married or ever.
The Gang Causes Gabe Moral Unease
by Gabe Gunnink | Sep 20, 2016 | Grand Rapids, Pennsylvania
That is exactly what It’s Always Sunny manages to do; it takes the depravity we all hold in common and, with a little creativity and a lot of imagination, makes it feel oddly magical.
The Hero We Deserve
by Mary Margaret Healy | Sep 19, 2016 | Pennsylvania
The raven knows that the world is no friend to the vulnerable, and so it finds as many ways as it can to diversify its armor, to outwit its prey, and to outlive its enemies.
I Want To Believe
by Ben DeVries | Sep 18, 2016 | Placeless
Specifically, I want to suggest that irrespective of the cloak-and-dagger politics it portrays, The X-Files does an excellent job of exposing our secret pleasure in conspiracy theories.
What’s Next, Mandolin Lessons?
by Geneva Langeland | Sep 17, 2016 | Ann Arbor
I went vegetarian almost six years ago. It started as a refusal to put my money into the meat industry and, once I lost the taste for burgers and sausages, it turned into a permanent habit.
A Dispatch from Cologne, 13 Months In
by Andrew Knot | Sep 16, 2016 | Cologne
We joked about casseroles and politeness and the American Midwest. Then he asked me how I like Cologne.
Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned from a Drive-Thru
by Cassie Westrate | Sep 15, 2016 | Placeless
The woman in the white sedan will go home, call her best friend, and say: “I started crying in the drive-thru today, and they gave me extra napkins.”
