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Letter from the Editor: The crosses we bear
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR Have you ever thought about Simon of Cyrene? I wonder about him sometimes, how he felt as he helped Jesus carry the cross to Golgotha. How strange, really. Think about it. We know there were crowds gathered watching all that transpired, friends and foes alike, but when the soldiers decided to […]
Letter from the editor: To whom much is given…
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR “Everyone to whom much is given, of him much will be required” (Luke 12:48). I was sitting at my desk the other day, filling out my absentee ballot, when these words came to mind. It was a strange moment, and I became uncomfortably aware of the weight of the pen in […]
Editorial: Adapting to change: a response to God’s call
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR This calendar year, I feel like my life has been a string of change and adaptation followed by more change and adaptation and so on. Last semester, I was in “Austria,” meaning that I was hopping around from England to Romania, switching my focus back and forth from school assignments to […]
Letter from the editor: Rejection and pursuing our dreams
MARGARET BOYLAN ASSISTANT EDITOR Recently, I got the chance to see the new movie “La La Land.” Sitting in the dark movie theater, I was completely captivated by the bright colors, the lively music, and the fun songs in this movie. But what captivated me the most was the character Mia, played by Emma Stone. […]
The joy of suffering for the adult life
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR Adulting. We’ve all heard the phrase, we’re college students. Many of us have used the phrase, usually complaining about having to complete some responsibility that we either do not wish to complete, or have never had to before. “I don’t want to adult today” could probably be the most popular post […]
Living your vocation now
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR I think it is incredibly easy to see college as preparation for our vocations. We take core classes that really aren’t our forte, we groan in agony at one more assignment piled on an already packed weekend, and we question where all the time went after we finish midterms and realize […]
Take the time
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR It struck me this morning that, as of today, I have been back on campus for a month. One month. The summer seems like a hazy dream that belongs to yesterday, but at the same time, school just started, didn’t it? I’m torn between convincing myself that we just got here, […]
Goodbyes and new beginnings
HANNAH CRITES ASSISTANT EDITOR It’s the last print of the semester and the last editorial I’ll write with the words “Assistant Editor” under my name. Next time I sit to write an editorial, it’ll say “Editor-in-Chief” in big black, often unforgiving, letters. It’s an emotional thing for me; I’ve loved being assistant editor. I pick […]
Keeping Christ in Easter
HANNAH CRITES ASSISTANT EDITOR We are on the final homestretch of Lent and are diving headfirst toward Easter Sunday. It has been one long Lent yet it feels like Ash Wednesday was just last week. I gave up Netflix for Lent and in that time “Fuller House” was put on the stream, “Doctor Who” was […]
Moving through the seven stages of grief in wake of Paris terrorist attacks
HANNAH CRITES ASSISTANT EDITOR I don’t understand why planes fly into buildings. I don’t understand why people march into schools with guns and start shooting everything in their path. I don’t get why people bomb running marathons or walk into a magazine publishing company and start shooting. I don’t know why people attack peaceful military […]