Article

A Life Written in the Margins

My Grandpa wanted his story, his life, to be remembered so he wrote his own story into one he was reading.

Elliot Ritzema

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Issue 47

Article

Listen to Your Life

An excerpt from “Aggressively Happy” by Joy Marie Clarkson.

Joy Marie Clarkson

5 min read time

Article

A Feast Fit for the Overlooked

The breadth of our tables extends from the breadth of our lives.

Alicia Akins

3 min read time

Article

Is Charles Spurgeon the Prince of Burnout?

Is my own bent toward self-destruction close to the heart of our Lord?

Brian A. Mesimer

5 min read time

Article

The Gaps Between Us

Learning to find a story based not on gaps but overlaps.

Sarah E. Westfall

4 min read time

Article

Jerusalem Calling

Today I treasure my Jewish heritage, the feasts, and the pilgrimage, more than I ever did before.

Tammy L. Priest

6 min read time

Article

“I, Myself, Will Go Down With You.”

Leaning into the promise of God’s presence.

Daniel Whyte IV

6 min read time

Article

The Tobacco Barns, Cathedrals, and Churches That Make Us

It’s not God himself I’ve been wrestling with these last months; it’s what being a part of the church means.

Laura Bass

6 min read time

Short Story

Image of God and Divine Presence

An excerpt from Christa L. McKirland's article in "Discovering Biblical Equality."

Christa L. McKirland

17 min read time

Article

Beware! Be Safe! And Other Fear Tactics that Withhold Blessing

An excerpt from “Fearing Bravely” by Catherine McNiel

Catherine McNiel

5 min read time

Poem

Played up to Heaven

Casie Dodd

1 min read time

Poem

War Poem #2

A Prayer in the Midst of War Time

Seth Haines

2 min read time

Poem

What Rilke Taught Me

Leslie Bustard

1 min read time

Article

Spotify Playlist | Margin

Aarik Danielsen

0 min read time

Poem

Margin(s)

Ash Schlax

0 min read time

Poem

Lull

Karly Noelle Abreu White

1 min read time

Poem

I still listen to the trees.

Lydia Kacey

1 min read time

Poem

Wild Waves

Jeanette Stickel

1 min read time

Article

The Joy of Not Improving

I like to draw. I draw very poorly.

Ivy Penwell

4 min read time

Article

The Resistance of a Robin

Statistically, the odds were against her from the moment she was diagnosed.

Jared Bier

6 min read time

Article

The Contentment of Fringe-Dwellers and Edge-Keepers

We can, like the mallards and the blackbirds, the hawk and the gulls, live with purpose in a world that may not notice or care that we exist.

Charis Crandall

4 min read time

Article

He warned me to stay indoors on Good Friday.

A story of how one Jewish boy came to find forgiveness for himself and for others.

Sy Garte

4 min read time

Article

To the One Who Overcomes

An excerpt from Alicia Akins new book "Invitations to Abundance"

Alicia J. Akins

3 min read time

Article

Don’t Miss the Wonder of the Ordinary

A review of Andrew Wilson’s new book, “God of All Things”

Caroline Hales

3 min read time