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The Worlds We’ve Made

Sometimes the conversation that began when we were born keeps going.
Tommy Welty
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Issue 45
Article

A Cynic’s Confession

Read the winning entry to our 2021 Writing Contest!
Ryan Diaz
8 min read time
Article

Is There Hope for Philemon?

Learning from Paul about Seeking Change with Grace
Nijay K. Gupta
8 min read time
Article

Poetry Is a Cathedral

A Q&A with Paul Pastor
Aarik Danielsen
10 min read time
Short Story

Oyster Stew

“This evening will make the sixtieth consecutive Christmas Eve that I’ve, well, not eaten, exactly—partaken, perhaps—of oyster stew.”
Carolyn Schultz-Rathbun
16 min read time
Article

A Love Letter to Sara G. Stanley

An excerpt from “Carved in Ebony: Lessons from the Black Women Who Shape Us” by Jasmine Holmes
Jasmine Holmes
4 min read time
Short Story

An Indispensable Conversation

All there is to do is tell the stories.
Seth Wieck
8 min read time
Article

A Particular Grief

The decline of a friendship can feel as unexplainable as it is unrelenting.
John Graeber
4 min read time
Article

A Modicum of Human Connection

The only moments I’ve truly felt full have been those of deep, meaningful human interaction
Jonathan Minnema
10 min read time
Article

Surprised by Friendship

Even C.S. Lewis who had such a gift for friendship in practice could have giant blind spots about friendship in theory.
Gina Dalfonzo
4 min read time
Article

Half-Written Friendships

There are endless versions of each of our friendships.
J.D. Wills
4 min read time
Article

Hesed in Scrubs

My doctors—my contractually obligated friends in scrubs—didn’t choose me initially; however, they have chosen me every day since.
Lindsey Johnson Edwards
5 min read time
Article

LuLaRight or LuLaRoe?

Let’s separate business from friendship.
Rachel Joy Welcher
7 min read time
Article

Advent and Christmas Reading List

A roundup of Fathom's past pieces worth revisiting
Fathom Editors
2 min read time
Article

Say Hi to the Old Lady on the Porch

An excerpt from “The Gap Decade” by Katie Schnack"
Katie Schnack
4 min read time
Article

In the Water with God

An excerpt from “Fight, Flight and Faith” by Nikki Florence Thompson
Nikki F. Thompson
3 min read time
Article

My Ten Favorite Reads of 2021

Because when you love something, you share it.
Collin Huber
6 min read time
Poem

To My Hometown As I Leave

A Poem to accompany "The Worlds We've Made"
Tommy Welty
1 min read time
Article

Feel like you’re living in an inhuman society? It’s because you are.

An excerpt from "You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhumane World" by Alan Noble.
Alan Noble
4 min read time
Article

Spotify Playlist: Friendship

Our resident audiophile explores the theme of friendship.
Aarik Danielsen
0 min read time
Article

Earthy, Gritty Friendships Kept Me Alive

They just showed up.
Chris Morris
6 min read time
Poem

The Living

A poem
Blake Randolph
1 min read time
Article

The God of All Timelines

A facet of God’s grace is that he ensures we stay within the linear limits of time while still promising to redeem our past.
June Chan
6 min read time
Article

“Touch is a human thing”

An excerpt from Dr. Sandra Glahns conversation with the late Eugene Peterson.
Sandra Glahn
4 min read time
Article

Mining the Digital Depths of Friendship

We were able to cultivate that confidence in one another across states, not tables.
Tabitha McDuffee and Jenn Zatopek
8 min read time
Poem

The Aloe Plant

A poem
Heather Kaufmann
1 min read time
Poem

A World Without End

A poem
Beau Pruitt
0 min read time
Poem

Breakfast

A poem
Robert Ritzema
1 min read time
Poem

The Girl Who Loves the Ocean

A poem
Maggie Swofford
1 min read time
Article

The Mentors That Made the Man

Dr. John Hannah loved four stand-in father figures.
Matthew Cedar
5 min read time
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