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Grünewald and Good Friday during COVID-19

Christ shared our sufferings so we may be made well.

David A. Ritchie

Deeply Curious

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Issue 34

Article

We bought a box.

Sometimes the packaging is the best; sometimes it’s not.

Brian Key

4 min read time

Article

Make Something Grow

Lessons from frozen soil

Devi Abraham

7 min read time

Article

The Thrill Ride of Hope

Fear preceded my profound exhilaration

Nicole Gagnon

4 min read time

Article

Step into a Martyr’s Home

A review of Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

My Father’s Hands

How my fear became faith

Christine Prater

6 min read time

Article

Thoughts from a Non-Conformist

An interview with Karen Swallow Prior

Andrew Voigt

8 min read time

Article

Jacob I’ve Loved

Reading scripture with imagination

Heather Morton

6 min read time

Article

The Barren Woman

The Bible validates my pain.

Gretchen Hughey

4 min read time

Article

I Am Home. Now What?

Stop telling me I can’t use my gifts.

Seana Scott

4 min read time

Article

The Abusive Lens of The Shining

The camera makes you complicit.

Josh Matejka

7 min read time

Article

Will this be my last night?

I am afraid of dying young.

Heather Legge

4 min read time

Article

On the Other Side

When a mother’s fear becomes reality

Sarah E. Westfall

4 min read time

Article

I Stand Alone on the Word of God

I read the Bible five times in nine months.

Michaela Mininger

4 min read time

Article

The Places Fear Can Hide

Our masks reveal the many faces of fear.

Hannah King

4 min read time

Article

Remembering Our Stories

A Review of Handle With Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry

Emily Enger

5 min read time

Article

Fear Hijacked My Life

From cliff-diver to recluse and back again

Maria Dyck

4 min read time

Article

Half Life

the (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

Red Potatoes and Red Wine

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme

Poetry Editor Rachel Welcher weighs in on rhyme and other things.

Rachel Joy Welcher

7 min read time

Article

Love, E.M. Welcher

Her final days were isolated.

Evan Welcher

3 min read time

Article

Checking Out Grace

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

Breathe

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

My Fair Writer

I’m not trying to ruin your voice.

Jed Ostoich

4 min read time

Article

Confidence, Man

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

The Princess Bride

A Storyboard podcast

Storyboard

1 min read time

Article

Sister Roomba

Sketches

Rachel Joy Welcher

2 min read time

Article

Don’t Freak Out

Welcome to the Fathom editors’ desk.

Jed Ostoich

4 min read time

Article

Parasite

A Storyboard podcast

Storyboard

1 min read time

Poem

Lenten Prayers: Simon of Cyrene

A poem

Julie Sumner

1 min read time

Poem

Lenten Prayers: Salt

A poem

Julie Sumner

1 min read time

Poem

Lenten Prayers: Luke 4: 1–4

A poem

Julie Sumner

1 min read time

Poem

Lenten Prayers: John 4:9–38

A poem

Julie Sumner

1 min read time

Poem

Ponder

A poem

Keren Dibbens-Wyatt

1 min read time

Poem

Anxiety

A poem

Jennifer Hildebrand

1 min read time

Article

The Breath Between

Poems and reflections on life and death

Grace Kelley

17 min read time

Article

Foothills

A song for ascending

Alexiana Fry

3 min read time

Article

Editor’s Pick: Drama at Smalan

If you survive it, you deserve a cookie.

Karen Katulka

7 min read time

Poem

Pastoral Meeting

A poem

Lan-Vy Ngo

1 min read time

Article

Virtues for Today

A review of Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy

Charlotte Donlon

5 min read time

Article

Between the Real and Unreal

“I see things that aren't really there at night.”

Tracie Collier

4 min read time

Poem

Admission

A poem

Erin Mount

1 min read time

Article

Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing

True love, Radiohead, and Kierkegaard

Jonathan McGregor

4 min read time

Article

Not All Fear Is Bad

Fear is a biblical virtue

Nancy Gemaehlich

2 min read time

Article

After School Special

When you want to run but can’t, whisper Jesus’s name.

Bec McNew

4 min read time

Poem

Spring

A poem

Holly Day

0 min read time

Article

Perfect Love

I found fearless love in her eyes.

Brittany Salmon

4 min read time

Article

Wedding Ring

Do I take the ring off now?

Kasey Johnson

3 min read time

Article

Unbound

Lessons from a side street in Rome

StacieNicole Simmons

3 min read time

Article

It’s Good to Be a Woman

I can finally say I love being a woman.

Sarah O’Connor

5 min read time

Article

Doubled Suffering

I have an unhealthy fear of germs.

Nathaniel Williams

4 min read time

Article

The Times

I could hurt this new him.

Betsy Johnson

5 min read time

Article

Playing a Steadfast Resolve

I wrote my way back to the piano.

Jenna Brack

5 min read time