Blessed Assurance
This time it felt different, like the distance the prayers travel to reach the Lord was shorter than usual.
Laura graduated from Calvin in 2015 with a degree in art and writing. She currently lives in Madison, WI, sharing a house with two other Calvin grads. She works as a software support analyst for the State of Wisconsin court system and enjoys painting, rock climbing, biking downtown, and walking her dog.
To the Woman at Kohl’s Who Gave Me Permission to Love My Pale White Skin
But I have to remind myself that the difficulty of others’ situations does not invalidate my own.
The Coastline Paradox
I find myself erasing paragraphs from my drafts in which I apologize for writing it at all.
So, How Does It Feel?
When I was younger, I expected that falling in love would be a transcendental, magical experience, ushering me into that enlightenment which is achieved only on the other side of romance.
Pros and Cons
That’s a heavy con for Madison (Pros: Government job benefits, Roommate Night with my best friends, a church that has become home, cheese).
1 Corinthians 13, 2019
Love never cancels. But where there are conservative and progressive platforms, they will cease; where there are vigorous debates, they will be quieted; where there is a think piece, it will pass away.
Q is for Ten Points
What is a “QINTAR” and why do I “SUQ” so much at this game?
The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Holy Land
You wait to feel something, see a vision, hear a heavenly voice. But it’s quiet. The tomb is empty.
Long Live the Dog Days
Dogs are an antidote to the barriers we set up as a culture.
The Funny One
Making friends, it turns out, meant finding people I didn’t have to be funny around—those I could trust liked me even when I wasn’t confident or cracking jokes
Meditation
As I finished one lady said, “Me too.” The room felt warmer, somehow, after we had all spoken. Our teacher explained more about mindfulness, how it could help with stress.
