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An Entrance to the Words
by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Apr 25, 2022 | Placeless
My mind has been absorbed with the things of the screen, always in the presence of, well, what feels like everything.
A Theology of Doomscrolling
by Joshua Polanski | Apr 24, 2022 | Placeless
Twitter is a cruel place where blatant vengeance rather than restoration is the norm for public sins.
Day 345: April 23, 2022
by Mitchell Barbee | Apr 23, 2022 | Grand Rapids
The fun thing about being forgetful is that it’s hard to quantify just how much more you remember.
Decisions, Decisions
by Kayleigh Fongers | Apr 22, 2022 | Placeless
The idea of making the wrong choice is pretty much unbearable.
Freedom, Maximalism, and Chopped Apples
by Emily Joy Stroble | Apr 21, 2022 | Placeless
I’m in that stage of life where you pack up constantly, and you keep your friends close and your friends with pick-up trucks closer.
Alongside Mary Gates
by Chad Westra | Apr 20, 2022 | Washington
Have you ever seen the air before?
As Two As They Come
by Lillie Spackman | Apr 19, 2022 | Placeless
I found the Enneagram about five years ago now, and I know this is going to sound dramatic, but hear me out: it changed my life.
Sakura
by Ben DeVries | Apr 18, 2022 | Placeless
It’s the quiet sense of time slowed down, of time doubled back on itself, that I enjoy about this morning walk
Still Risen
by Laura Sheppard Song | Apr 17, 2022 | Placeless
Some Easters I’ve wept with emotion at the swell of “In Christ Alone” and the miracle of Christ’s sacrifice; some I’ve sat stone-faced, wondering whether any of it matters.
Holy Saturday
by Katie Van Zanen | Apr 16, 2022 | Placeless
I thought, as I often do these days, about how deeply weird the whole thing is.
In Defense of Cinderella
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Apr 15, 2022 | Placeless
Some people might dismiss those films as guilty pleasures, the Little Debbie cupcakes of my media diet—simple, sweet, and absolutely atrocious for my health.
A Church in War
by Juliana Knot | Apr 13, 2022 | Ukraine
A week before the Russian invasion, Holy Trinity formed a crisis committee and began looking at questions of housing, transportation and food.
Palm Sunday, 8:40 am Service
by Klaas Walhout | Apr 12, 2022 | Placeless
As for the people in the crowd who shouted “Hosanna” only to have their hopes dashed? Maybe they were confused. And maybe their confusion turned into disappointment, and their disappointment into anger.
Spring Cleaning But Make It Bookmarks
by Lauren Cole | Apr 11, 2022 | Placeless
Maybe I’ve had this tab open for three years? Who knows.
The Queer Alumnus Dilemma
by Philip Rienstra | Apr 10, 2022 | Grand Rapids
Calvin’s attitude of dismissal and thinly-veiled condemnation towards LGBTQ+ people doesn’t turn queer students into straight students, or even into more faithful queer students.
Where Do Babies Come From?
by Gwyneth Findlay | Apr 9, 2022 | Placeless
Bringing a child into this world can require ingredients more dire and gruesome than puppy dog tails.
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 VanZytveld | 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?
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