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I am a leaver.

If there is something I have pursued most of my adult life, it has been forgetting.

Jen Pollock Michel

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 50

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50 Issues of Fathom

We are raising an ebenezer.

Kelsey Hency

1 min read time

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Counting Sheep

The other ninety-nine sheep won’t let me fall asleep these days.

Tammy Priest

4 min read time

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Love Unrelenting

My uncle's marriage showed me God's love.

Vina Bermudez Mogg

4 min read time

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God Slipped a Gift in my Pocket

Belonging came with the tiny cross necklace tucked into my thrift store blouse.

Teresa Kilbride

3 min read time

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Until the End

A tribute to my sisters

Ed Meek

4 min read time

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The Body, the Blood, and the Antidepressants

At my place setting, which the Lord so thoughtfully prepared for me, there was the bread, the cup, and extra space for a garish orange bottle.

S.A. Morrison

4 min read time

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What you seek is seeking you.

Pursuit pervades the Bible.

Siv Ricketts

6 min read time

Short Story

Bad Theology

A short story

Janille Stephens

26 min read time

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The Clique of Heaven

Inclusion is a gift.

Daniel Whyte IV

4 min read time

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Love in All Directions

God showed up in my memory.

Jenn Zatopek

5 min read time

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An Anything-But-Trivial Pursuit

Sometimes I pursue the work, but most often the work pursues me.

Ruth Buchanan

4 min read time

Poem

Wiping Dust from Tassels

Feature Set of Three Poems by Jonathan Chan.

Jonathan Chan

2 min read time

Article

Hope is a cousin to courage.

Finding the poetry of hope in my own hollowed-out landscapes of Arizona summers and North Carolina winters

Grace Hamman

5 min read time

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Buying and Selling Home

God can choose to give us more of the ideal home I have in my heart. Or not.

Margie Haack

7 min read time

Poem

Below the Glen

From notes written in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Paul J. Pastor

1 min read time

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If grace is true, then everybody gets to flourish.

An intervie with Kevin Nye author of GRACE CAN LEAD US HOME.

Hannah Comerford

13 min read time

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Stop Trying to Move on from Your Grief

A review of “A Hole in the World” by Amanda Held Opelt

Rachel Lonas

6 min read time

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Bird of God

“I think this bird is waiting for you.”

AJ Smith

5 min read time

Poem

He Will Not Quench

Sarah Magee

1 min read time

Poem

Love is walking in the dark

Katie Rose Yen

1 min read time

Poem

The Atheist at Communion: A Sijo Sequence

A Sijo Sequence

Rose Menyon Heflin

1 min read time

Poem

Ode to Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian Eunuch

Jeremiah 38:7–13 & 39:15–18; Psalm 87:4

Julie L. Moore

2 min read time

Poem

Bedtime Story, beneath the Camino Stars

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.―Jorge Luis Borges

Laurie Klein

1 min read time

Poem

Taller

Ann Iverson

1 min read time

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Playlist | Pursuit

Listen to our curated playlist for this issues theme.

Aarik Danielsen

0 min read time

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If they can rebuild, I can too.

The wise builder is never done with their work.

Bethany Broderick

6 min read time

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Chasing Faith

Sometimes running after a scarf is just a metaphor.

Kendra Housel

5 min read time