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Bleeding Steel

You must stand here. You must feel the weight. You must hear the voices—of each victim and each perpetrator of violence. You must mourn the loss.
Brian Key
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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 30
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Two Deaths and a Parking Lot

My mother’s death occurred almost fifteen years before I learned about it.
Tatyana Claytor
9 min read time
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Man Overboard

The cruise ship as a microcosm for the modern world
J.D. Wills
9 min read time
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A Cosmic Dinner Party

A review of The Story of the Cosmos: How the Heavens Declare the Glory of God.
Sandra Glahn
2 min read time
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From Fear to Faith

How Horror Movies Help Us Overcome Our Fear
Joe George
7 min read time
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Women with Their Heads on Straight

An Excerpt from Kat Armstrongs No More Holding Back
Kat Armstrong
3 min read time
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On Raising Interdenominational Kids

God has his people everywhere.
Heather Ferngren Morton
4 min read time
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The Hope that Life can be Different

Moments of joy and happiness kept me going.
Taylor Schumann
4 min read time
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Tracing the Circling Birds

I have preferred to linger near the shore lately
Jenna Brack
3 min read time
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Sacramental Suffering

A review of Stephanie Tait’s book, A View from Rock Bottom.
Amber Crafton
4 min read time
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A Broom Big Enough

Sketches
Rachel Joy Welcher
2 min read time
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That Holy Pause

Sketches
Rachel Joy Welcher
3 min read time
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Virtue Signal Boost

The (Dis)content
Aarik Danielsen
4 min read time
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For Those About to Write, I Salute You

Tell yourself that you’re a writer.
John Blase
4 min read time
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When Dreams Die

The (Dis)content
Aarik Danielsen
4 min read time
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Together

Sketches
Rachel Joy Welcher
2 min read time
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Older Brother Syndrome

The (Dis)content
Aarik Danielsen
3 min read time
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"Just Stop!"

A Bonus Track to Kat Armstrong's <i>No More Holding Back</i>
Kat Armstrong
4 min read time
Poem

The Word Fitly Spoken

Genesis 1:3; Proverbs 25:11; John 1:1–5, 14
Valerie Locklair
1 min read time
Poem

He Will Speak for Himself

A Lectio Divina
Seth Wieck
4 min read time
Poem

Where is the lamb?

A poem
Peter Spaulding
1 min read time
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Citizenship, Inheritance, and Reparations

The distinction between citizenship and inheritance in the gospel of Jesus is a single piece of a complex puzzle.
M.L. Pate
4 min read time
Poem

Period.

A poem
Quina Aragon
5 min read time
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Moving Forward

Meet me at the hospital. It’s bad.
N.K. Carlson
4 min read time
Poem

The answer is no.

A poem
Emily Livingston
2 min read time
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Faith in the Silence

I’ve been living in those thirty seconds of silence.
Lindsey Johnson-Edwards
2 min read time
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Progress by Inches in a World That Measures by Miles

My progress is painful to remember
Katie Crosby
3 min read time
Article

Recover Well

Dealing with the Aches and Pains of Life
Austin Bonds
3 min read time
Poem

Of Sin, Part II

A poem
Patrick D. Pace
1 min read time
Poem

What if death, after all, was a destination?

A poem
Lucy Alessio
3 min read time
Poem

An Olive-Green Sweater and Salvation

A poem
Jennifer Hildebrand
2 min read time
Article

The Brilliance of McMillan Cottom

A review of Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Emily Hubbard
7 min read time
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Swept Off My Feet by the Creator

Sometimes the creator grabs me by the collar.
Catherine McNiel
3 min read time
Article

How Would Jesus Progress?

The fifteen year quest for meaning in my career had me running from my life. So I quit.
Paola Barrera
3 min read time
Poem

Becoming

A short
Amber Crafton
1 min read time
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