I Can Be Your Mother
She said that God had brought us to her, that we were like her children, and that she could be like our Romanian mother.
How Many More
I don’t know if you knew about the fear that permeated Toronto’s gay scene for years.
Obi-Wan Reads Me Poetry
Guinness played Obi-Wan in the original Star Wars trilogy, and I stumbled giddily upon his recording of Eliot’s poems while studying them for a class at Calvin last year.
2018: We Made It
It gets late and pretty soon my brother is dancing on the kitchen stools to the songs he was making fun of earlier. We make mozzarella sticks and pigs in a blanket.
Settled Expectations
We ruined Settlers of Catan that night, which isn’t all that different from how I’ve ruined everything else these past few years.
Nashville, in the Moment
The most interesting places felt quiet, frozen, and deeply layered.
Eat Salad: Some Unsolicited Tips on Staying Sane
If I were to compile a highlight reel of Caitlin Gent’s 2018, one of my Top Ten Most Important But Definitely Not Fun Moments would have to be…
Take-Out Evangelism
When a man approached me in the mall food court and sheepishly asked if I had a few minutes to talk about Jesus, I reflexively smiled and said, “Oh, I’m already a Christian!” before realizing I wasn’t completely lying this time.
What I Read in 2018: Three-Sentence Book Reviews
Marilynne Robinson’s debut book is lyrical, atmospheric, and completely absorbing, the “literary equivalent of a Sigur Ros song” as I tried to describe it to a friend.
Best of 2018: Part Three
This year, we decided to let the writers speak for themselves.
