Faith & Inspiration | I first attended the local men’s theology meeting last summer
because I like to watch the minds of preachers work. I like to
observe while they open the Bible and ponder hard how its
principles trail into a hundred…
Essay |
For me, moving back home means moving back into acommunity of all
generations. In college I took political theory classes that
routinely covered the…
Essay |
Virginia Woolf insisted that in order for a woman to write she
needed money and a room of her own. So upon graduating from
college, I set out to make a room…
Essay |
Last week I achieved one of my most pressing post-graduation goals:
I gazed at some cows for a few minutes … all alone. I’ve been an
overstimulated,
Essay |
On Saturday I spoke at my college commencement, wearing these
snakeskin heels that reminded me of the foot bindings that slowly
broke the bones in the feet of…
Education |
A few nights ago, during my last undergraduate class ever, the
clock’s hands moved like a twitchy mustache. I couldn’t decide what
to do with my legs.
Faith & Inspiration |
In the downstairs of a dirty, smoke-filled house I once heard this
wedding toast from a man I will call “Harvey.” Serving as the best
man in his…
Education |
An old roommate told me that if one walks late into a conversation,
one should listen for 15 minutes before speaking. The principle
serves as a good metaphor…
Essay |
College taught me to lust after newspapers. At college I live
inside four brick walls with many books. Newspapers come, very
notably, from outside. The other…
Faith & Inspiration |
“I used to have heroes, but God kept cutting their legs off.” I
forget who said this. I heard it once on the radio. Maybe like me
you came of age in a…
Faith & Inspiration |
After seven solid days of sickness, I got a bottle of pink medicine
from the clinic doctor and his Russian nurse. The nurse wears shoes
as big as alligators.
Culture |
Last week my boyfriend Jonathan and I forked over $6 apiece for a
copy of Stephen Chbosky’s
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
. It was our second joint purchase…
