Article

I am Arab-American.

Reconciling the histories I find in the twisted double helix of my DNA.

Tabitha McDuffee

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 44

Short Story

Amber Eyes

A Short Story about the Family of God

Eric Schumacher

16 min read time

Article

Dr. Jonathan Pennington is on a quest to find beauty.

And you can join him.

Caroline Smiley

8 min read time

Article

The Making of a Children’s Book

Listen in as Laura Wifler and Catalina Echeverri discuss how they merged the worlds of words and illustration in Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer: A True Story of How You Can Talk with God.

Laura Wifler and Catalina Echeverri

2 min read time

Article

A thousand tiny pieces make the picture of a family.

The families in the Bible show the mosaic that makes us all.

Carolyn Schultz-Rathbun

4 min read time

Article

Volunteering with foster children requires more than an eager hand.

It requires a humble heart too.

Jessica Alldredge

5 min read time

Article

The Family I Need

I don’t remember who all came, just that my youth pastor had driven the church shuttle just so they could all welcome me home.

Hannah Comerford

6 min read time

Article

What happens when our grief merges with God’s?

My child’s cancer made me a partner in restoration.

Rachel Booth Smith

4 min read time

Article

The spiritual life is not an instant pot.

An excerpt from A Spacious Life by Ashley Hales

Ashley Hales

3 min read time

Article

Divergent paths still lead to a deeper love.

Aunts and uncles add to the story of unconditional love.

Katie Crosby

3 min read time

Article

The Ideal Christian family isn’t just a dream. It’s a lie.

Love is better than control.

Nikki F. Thompson

7 min read time

Article

2021 Writing Contest

Win a meeting with a literary agent!

Fathom Editors

1 min read time

Poem

Real

A poem

Jordan Terford

1 min read time

Poem

Unnamed in the Story

A poem

Christine Chandler Prater

1 min read time

Poem

Sepia

A poem

Kirsten Lasinski

1 min read time

God Speaks Through Wombs

An Interview with Drew Jackson brought to you by IVP

Rachel Welcher

13 min read time

Article

A Portrait of a Shooting Survivor in America

A bonus track from When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough: A Shooting Survivor’s Journey Into the Realities of Gun Violence by Taylor Schumann

Taylor Schumann

3 min read time

Poem

River Walk

A poem

Timarie Friesen

1 min read time

Poem

Incarnation

A poem

Jessica Dahl

1 min read time

Article

Spotify Playlist: Family

A Playlist to Match This Issue of Fathom

Aarik Danielsen

0 min read time

Poem

Lookout Mountain, June

A poem

Justin Lonas

1 min read time

Article

I showed them my scars and they shut the door.

And then it was different.

Brittany Tinsley

5 min read time

Poem

There, There (Lullaby)

A poem

Derek Coller

1 min read time

Poem

Where I’m From

A poem

J.D. Wills

2 min read time

Article

Lessons from the Bud Jar

I actually have no idea how the days will play out, for good or for ill, despite my belief that I can predict outcomes.

Rachel Lonas

3 min read time

Article

Freedom does not mean what you think it means.

A Bonus Track to A Spacious Life by Ashley Hales

Ashley Hales

5 min read time

Article

Honoring Your Father

An excerpt from <i>The Intentional Father</i> by Jon Tyson.

Jon Tyson

5 min read time

Article

Where my driveway ends, a cemetery begins.

Learning to see the living among the dead.

Justin Lonas

5 min read time

Article

The Holiness of the Home Built on Hospitality

I felt the healing, powerful, holy value of welcome, and now I want to give it generously.

Dani Nichols

6 min read time

Poem

In Darkness

A poem

Michael Stalcup

0 min read time

Article

The Home that Encompasses the Generations

The home my families owned for over a hundred years reminds me of Psalm 90.

Melanie Rainer

4 min read time

Article

The Partnership of Chronos and Kairos

I want to merge the time on the clock with God’s real-time.

Siv Ricketts

4 min read time

Article

Bridges will change the landscape of the church.

It’ll take work to cross the chasms that divide us.

Michelle Van Loon

5 min read time

Article

Do Joy

Don’t do a weary, cynical, ironic distance from life.

Stephen Kamm

3 min read time