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A Redemption of Grief

The companion we loath and learn to love

Morgan J. Pitts

Deeply Curious

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Issue No. 20

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Right Now It’s like This

Dealing with cancer, chemo, and the verses God throws in your way

Betsy Johnson-Miller

3 min read time

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There’s been no miracle except for the thousand other miracles.

At the Beginning of Barley Harvest

Christopher Larson

5 min read time

Article

What lies beyond the welcome?

Seeing Christian hospitality through the eyes of the new person in the pew

Michelle Van Loon

4 min read time

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Merton in Alaska

A story

Matthew Boedy

5 min read time

Article

The time is right for Raise Your Voice.

A review of Kathy Khang’s newest book on speaking up

Chandra White-Cummings

4 min read time

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Disruptive Conversations

An unpublished “bonus track” from Alan Noble’s Disruptive Witness

Alan Noble

5 min read time

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Bearing Witness in a Distracted World

A review of Alan Noble’s Disruptive Witness

Laura M. Fabrycky

0 min read time

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Distraction, Truth, and Witness

A Q&A with Alan Noble about his new book, Disruptive Witness

Alan Noble

3 min read time

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A Distracted and Disenchanted Day in the Life

An excerpt from Alan Noble’s Disruptive Witness

Alan Noble

4 min read time

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Rebuking A Sexist Prayer

Exploring Complementarianism and Finding the Courage to Speak Up

Diane J. McDougall

11 min read time

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Kickstart my heart.

John Blase takes on CrossFit and he hasn’t puked. Yet.

John Blase

6 min read time

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Hurts Like Home

What does it mean to hope after loss?

John Hawbaker

5 min read time

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For When We Lose the Song

Or did we?

Ashley Tieperman

3 min read time

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Though the Earth Gives Way

A short story

L.N. Holmes

3 min read time

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Blood Always Cries Out

We are finally tasting our familial, national, and ancestral ghosts

Kelsey Shaw

4 min read time

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The Grafted Life

The memories of pain are stale but the blooms are fresh.

Kelly Key

3 min read time

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Confusing Christ-likeness with Christ

Seeking the soft-hearted in the search for a spouse

Liz Wann

3 min read time

Article

Exchanging Fig Leaves for Pixels

Sometime we have to choose to let go of media and accept shame.

Eric Schrag

2 min read time

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Finally Healing the Wounds of Jim Crow

Maybe what we need is transitional justice.

Anthony Bradley

9 min read time

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Awaken Oh My Imagination

A review of Russ Ramsey’s Retelling the Stories

Tommy Welty

4 min read time

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Honest doubt is not rebellion.

The doubt that spans the centuries is the same as our doubt today.

Ashley Anthony

5 min read time

Article

The Ultimate Temper Tantrum

What’s the difference between honest temper tantrum and a true sensory-overload meltdown?

Kristi Hart

3 min read time

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Theology through the Arts

Using art to express the divine

Michael Wright

4 min read time

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Listen after the lights go out.

Introducing a series on abuse survivors in the church

Abby Perry

2 min read time

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The Paper-Thin Life

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

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Step into the Light

Stealing back self from pain

Abby Perry

3 min read time

Article

Curse Words

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

The Meg

A Storyboard podcast

Storyboard

1 min read time

Article

More Than a Hockey Tale

A review of the July selection for Storied—Us Against You

Collin Huber

4 min read time

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Black Women Don't Cry

Woman Enough

Jasmine Holmes

4 min read time

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Oh, to climb a tree.

When decisions aren’t ours to make

Abby Perry

4 min read time

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All My Roads Lead Home

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

Thousands of Years of Quitting on the Truth

What is truth?

Melissa Collier Gepford

3 min read time

Article

Heroes of Heaven’s Kingdom

Is it ever heroic to break a law?

Joe George

5 min read time

Poem

Rain in August

A poem

Ethan McCarthy

1 min read time

Article

Resurrecting Buried Treasure

What Jim Carrey can teach us about despair

Jenn Hesse

2 min read time

Poem

The Comforts of Home

A poem

Ethan McCarthy

1 min read time

Poem

Thanksgiving for a Timepiece

A poem

Kaitlin Ruiz

0 min read time

Article

Lazy Lips

Assessing some statements we say without thinking

Keiko Nevers

4 min read time

Poem

Mother and Child

A poem

Ethan McCarthy

1 min read time

Poem

Clumsy

A poem

Savannah Lauren

0 min read time

Article

Blurred Reflections

Seeing the whole image of God in virtuous traits exhibited by men and women.

Daniel Whyte IV

5 min read time

Article

Jaws

A Storyboard podcast

Storyboard

1 min read time

Poem

Seen

A poem

Jeannie Prinsen

0 min read time

Article

Every Bright Patch of Green

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

1 min read time

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The Dark, Narrow Path

Learning to embrace our weakness

Abby Perry

4 min read time

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Ketchup on Their Pizza

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

3 min read time

Article

So You Hate Biblical Womanhood

Woman Enough

Jasmine Holmes

5 min read time

Article

When I Grow Up

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

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Made for More Than Moments

Woman Enough

Jasmine Holmes

3 min read time

Article

Solo

A Star Wars Story . . . board podcast

Storyboard

1 min read time

Article

Talk about the Passion

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

The Best Kind of Citizens

Even on social media, Jesus’ people should be most transparent in their redemption

Bob Stevenson

3 min read time

Poem

How to go on living after it happens to you

A poem

Cyndie Randall

1 min read time

Q&AAA

Q&A with Todd Robert Petersen

Hear from the author of It Needs to Look Like We Tried.

Todd Robert Petersen

10 min read time

Article

But He Promised

One woman’s walk through the aftermath of abuse

Sylvie Warren

4 min read time

Article

The Taste of Friendship

How a peach pie changed my life

Stephanie Nelson

4 min read time

Article

Let Not Many Be Preachers

A Review of 12 Faithful Men

Emily Enger

4 min read time

Article

The Myth of Autonomy

A review of It Needs to Look Like We Tried

Collin Huber

4 min read time

Poem

Heart of Gold

A poem for Mother Theresa

D. L. Mayfield

0 min read time

Article

Failing to Hope the Best in My Neighbors

Choosing to leave behind reciprocal relationships for real ones

Matt Civico

4 min read time

Article

When Scripture Becomes a Weapon

What we forget about the greatest commandment

Patrick Gray

4 min read time

Poem

Immerse Yourself in Creativity

Artist Showcase

Lisa Anne Tindal

2 min read time

Article

Life will survive. Love will redeem.

Reflections on how Jurassic World values of life

Tatyana Claytor

3 min read time

Poem

If I Had the Time

A poem

Sandee Finley

0 min read time

Poem

After D., Memorial Day

A poem

Jody Collins

1 min read time