By Erin Almand She loves her mama’s lemonade, Hates the sound that goodbyes make. She prays one day she’ll find someone to need her. She swears that there’s no difference, Between the lies and compliments. It’s all the same if everybody leaves her. And every magazine tells her she’s not good enough, The pictures that … Continue reading Beautiful Disaster: God’s unconditional love
By Ben Girdler 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4. The little screen in front of me reads 84 RPM. My mind and legs settle on that cadence. 1,2,3,4, 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4. My mind and body are now fixed on this count, this rhythm; it is cathartic. In this rhythm, all seems right. There is no work, no school, no … Continue reading Rhythm of Life
By Sara Shelton Two years ago I achieved my first significant goal: I graduated from college. Now, to the everyday 22 year old this probably doesn’t seem like a big deal; thousands of them do it each year. But to a lifelong bookworm and over-achiever like myself, becoming a college graduate is the milestone I … Continue reading Who I Am: A twenty-something’s struggle with identity
By Mariah Secrest Jon McLaughlin is not the only Indiana man to rise up recently on the music scene; Kendall Ludwig is now joining the ranks of Hoosier musicianship. Listening to the tracks of his album Where Most Dreams Die made me slightly nostalgic even though Id never heard them before. I attribute part of … Continue reading Voices in Culture: Kendall Ludwig
By Brother Eugene I spent nearly all of 2003 traveling throughout China, learning the language, doing research, and sharing the Gospel. I remember one night in particular during the summer of that year that taught me more than I was prepared to learn. I had been traveling alone for nearly two weeks, bouncing from city … Continue reading Kindred Outcasts: Feeling at home in China
By Elysa MacLellan God has been speaking to me over the last year, trying to teach me about getting out of my comfort zone and ministering to those who are enslaved by the sins of the world, struggles like addictions, poverty, and abuse. In this time, He has used to surprising sources to reveal Himself … Continue reading Freedom in the Arts
By Karen Swank It’s not news today to report that the world is getting harder and harsher. Anyone who’s been around long can mark the downward march of time and attitudes, remembering a day when people trusted more– when people were more trustworthy. Ours is rapidly becoming a culture of distrust and hopelessness. The world … Continue reading Dare to Hope
By Kristi Porter Its easy to find people to laugh with you. Everyone loves to laugh. But its a difficult thing to find people who will cry with you. People who willingly share in your heartache, tragedy or even the small stings of life are a rare commodity. However, its these people that shape your … Continue reading Responding to Loss: I Laughed. I Cried. I Sat Down.
By Mariah Secrest My city of Tucson is like most cities of any substantial size, spread out into distinct areas in a veritable demographic paint-by-number. There’s the kooky, intellectual university downtown area, the rich yuppie foothills area, the clean, safe family suburbs of the northwest (where my two other single 20-something roommates and I live … Continue reading The Strangers Next Door: The refugees of Tucson
By Lauren Deville I have drifted down a ways along the shoreline, I just watched these ropes give way where they were tied. I could have reached out quick when the ropes first slipped, if I had tried, but I was wondering where the wind was trying to take me overnight, if I never did … Continue reading Letting Go of the Ropes