Article

Loving and Leaving the Tradition that Raised Me

When the idea of changing traditions came to me, I thought I was too smart to switch.

Alex Sosler

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 33

Article

Complaining Connects us to the Courage of God

Courage is present only in God

Susan Codone

7 min read time

Article

I have infertility anxiety and fertility anxiety

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for a while.

Beth Watkins

4 min read time

Article

The Terrible Birth of a Memory

Memories are a beautiful, comforting lie.

Jed Ostoich

5 min read time

Article

God is not weighed down by my hard questions.

Sometimes we can be afraid to speak out loud our greatest fears.

Courtney Reissig

4 min read time

Short Story

Wanted: Dead and Alive

She arrived at the children’s home in the middle of the night with a hood over her face.

Marianne Abel-Lipschutz

14 min read time

Article

I don’t want to die.

We think someone at the office may want to try and kill you today.

Lydia Kacey

4 min read time

Article

Courage in the Ring

What was I afraid of as I planned to preach my first sermon?

Stephanie Nelson

4 min read time

Article

Living in the Dying

When I met J, I was a bitter eleven-year-old who wanted a chance at remission.

Lindsey Johnson Edwards

5 min read time

Article

The Sunday We Accidentally Had a Home Birth

That Sunday began like any other.

Jon Aleixo

4 min read time

Article

I will never forget the first f-bomb my father hurled at me.

Healing happens in fits and starts.

Jenn Zatopek

6 min read time

Article

I would say, “Jesus.”

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Lisa Anne Tindale

2 min read time

Article

Low Fidelity

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

I Still Miss Someone

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

2019 Recap

A Storyboard podcast

Storyboard

1 min read time

Article

Selah

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

Wednesdays with Jenni

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

Letter to the Editor

I’m writing to you, as usual, from Colorado.

John Blase

3 min read time

Article

Dirt

Part 4 of a series on Embodiment.

Ash Parsons

7 min read time

Article

The Two Week Wait

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

Hidden in Plain Sight

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

Winter Song

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

Do No Harm

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Poem

Since Holy Faith

A Poem

Nate Wilbert

1 min read time

Poem

What Courage Looks Like

Recognizing the courage of biblial women

Eric Schumacher

2 min read time

Article

Enjoyment is Worship

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Poem

Credo

A Poem

Lyle Enright

1 min read time

Poem

morogoro, tanzania

A Poem

Melanie Han

1 min read time

Article

My name means “blind” and I love my name.

Even more sight awaits me in glory.

Ceciel Terrade

7 min read time

Poem

hope

A Poem

Misty Hedrick

1 min read time

Article

Cracks

A grace hard and fast enough to penetrate the sturdiest of lies.

Mary Jackson

4 min read time

Article

I am still not that courageous.

You don’t work in a hospital as a chaplain because you have it all figured out.

Steve Croft

5 min read time

Article

Too Close for Comfort

One editor’s thoughts on the inhospitable nature of the pronoun “this.”

Jed Ostoich

4 min read time

Article

I was wrong about needing help.

On Courage and Community

Christine Prater

5 min read time

Poem

The Multi-Faceted Gem of Forgiveness Catches the Light

A Poem

Bryana Joy

1 min read time

Article

A Letter of Repentance

I should have loved the broken church.

Annie Lavi

2 min read time

Article

Unremarkable Acts of Courage

Learning from those who keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Rebecca Stanley

2 min read time

Poem

After the Nightmare

A Poem

Laura Kauffman

1 min read time

Article

The Courage to Stay

Stories like mine are not flashy.

Brianna DeWitt

3 min read time

Article

Courage, For Our Friends

For many, the tales of old resonate with us for how well they awaken the caliber and desire to act.

Preston Byrd

5 min read time

Poem

The Isaiah 34 Animals of Desolation, in a Barnes & Noble

A Poem

CelindaOlive

1 min read time

Article

Berry, hooks, and the Courage to Live Small

For both hooks and Berry their lives got bigger as they returned to smaller communities.

Rusty Woods

5 min read time

Poem

Finish Me

A Poem

Maggie Swofford

1 min read time