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Then It Comes

“I’m sorry—I—I just found out I have breast cancer.”

Bet Johnson

Deeply Curious

Fathom wants to sink deeply into the Christian faith. And we think curiosity and conversation are just the things to draw us into the depths. We ask questions, express wonder, linger over ideas, listen to opinions, and hear people’s stories. Come on in. The water’s fine.

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Issue 27

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Drama at Smaland

If you survive it, you deserve a cookie.

Karen Katulka

7 min read time

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That moment when the neighborhood drunk looks happier than you.

An excerpt from A Restless Age by Austin Gohn

Austin Gohn

6 min read time

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My dad is an alcoholic, and he’s dying.

It’s hard to live in reality, when reality holds so much pain.

Gretchen Ronnevik

4 min read time

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Giving Up the Stage

From childhood, I longed to serve God.

Eric Schumacher

8 min read time

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I just can’t say that.

Where is the line between art and profanity—and is it different for a pastor?

Courtney Ellis

4 min read time

Article

From Barren to John the Baptist

Seeing Elizabeth through my own new eyes.

Allyn Bachran

3 min read time

Article

Silencio

500 Miles up the Camino de Santiago

Jen Manglos

6 min read time

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The Sacred Work of Placemaking

A review of Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace by Christie Purifoy

Lisa Cooper

4 min read time

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The Drama of Examining a Life

Going through the boxes has been like a history lesson on Mom’s life.

Tracie Collier

2 min read time

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We follow a crucified savior. How should we feel about death?

Death leaves us bereft. But faith hopes in future victory.

Kimi Harris

2 min read time

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A Feast of Mysteries for the Soul

Living well requires feeding more than the body and the mind.

Daniel Whyte

4 min read time

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Hymn of Weakness

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

Grain Offerings

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Poem

From Ashes to Ashes, Through Water and Fire

A poem

Lisa Cooper

1 min read time

Poem

Still

A poem

Tai French

1 min read time

Article

Agree to Disagree

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

Have You Tried

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

Don't Look Down

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

Avengers: Endgame

A Storyboard podcast

Storyboard

0 min read time

Article

Gaze

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

3 min read time

Article

Living in the Principal's Office

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Poem

Whales

A poem

Jolene Nolte

1 min read time

Poem

A Merciful Death

A poem

Roxy Lee Stone

2 min read time

Poem

For Sarah Mclachlan

A poem

Aarik Danielsen

1 min read time

Poem

How Many Times (After You Decided to Go)

A poem

John Graeber

1 min read time

Poem

Afterwards

A poem

David Harmon

1 min read time

Poem

The Tent

A poem

Haley Baumeister

1 min read time

Article

We’re all waiting for something.

A spot on, emerging artist Julia Hembree Smith’s photography exhibit—Carried.

K Pastore

3 min read time

Article

A Play of Conviction

There is glory and hope and joy in T.S. Eliot’s short play.

Josh Starkey

4 min read time

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The Unmaking of Racism

A review of The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby

Josh Bleeker

3 min read time