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By Ashley Chang '23 February 27, 2022 Last semester, my grandmother’s husband passed away. Afterwards, my Dad flew over to LA, helped her...
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- Dec 5, 2021
- 4 min
Still
These days, that’s harder to grasp, and God feels a little far away, almost as though I can only see Him through a hundred layers of Saran
- May 8, 2021
- 2 min
22
Don’t be too hard on yourself,
You are doing your best.
Pick up your Bible from the shelf,
And God will handle the rest.
- Apr 10, 2021
- 7 min
(not a) double-DNA chimera
And so even though we are physically 5000 miles apart, we remain and continue together in spirit, progressing and rejoicing in this faith we
- Apr 4, 2021
- 5 min
A Reflection
May You be the Comforter and Provider for all who long for a taste of certainty and love in this time.
- Mar 27, 2021
- 8 min
Breaking Rule #1
By Tony Pan '24 Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn...
- Mar 20, 2021
- 5 min
Flawed Messengers
By Melanie Kim '23 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that...
- Dec 6, 2020
- 4 min
As for the Lord and not for Men
Sitting in the rising waters of an impending finals period, contemplating the over-booked, overworked, impossible one-week...
- Nov 29, 2020
- 4 min
Dear God,
Tears were streaming down my face as I whispered, “Why, God?” I was on the floor curled...
- Nov 14, 2020
- 2 min
My Best Friend
When I was in tenth grade, I bought my first prayer journal. I had one rule: I couldn’t use an eraser.
- Nov 1, 2020
- 5 min
So...it's been forever
In the tangly mess that is my brain, I had lost track of what joy meant. Joy became equated with laughter and temporary fleeting...
- Oct 24, 2020
- 5 min
A Child-Like Dependence, A Journey Home
A boy walks with his head down, a risky move while on South Main Street. He’s always told people he likes staring at the ground beneath...
- Oct 10, 2020
- 5 min
The Times
I’m sitting on the plasticky floor of the basketball court. My shoes are too small for my feet—always, my toes jut out from those...
- Sep 5, 2020
- 4 min
In pain we know our healer: “Is God’s love present in our suffering?”
For my first two years, I had been struggling to stay caught up with most of my classes due to my learning disabilities...
- Apr 1, 2020
- 4 min
Hope as Sustenance: “A God We Cannot See is Ready to Provide”
Two Sundays ago—which seems like a lot more than two weeks ago—we heard in the gospel of how Jesus fasted in the desert for forty days...
- Mar 3, 2020
- 5 min
Freed By His Love?
I used to walk around campus wearing this t-shirt I got from a church service outreach. “Freed by His love,” it announced in...
- Feb 25, 2020
- 6 min
145 Glowworms
12:36 p.m. The room is dark, a bright purplish glow reflecting off the table. I wet my brush in a slide of water, and then...
- Feb 22, 2020
- 4 min
02/07/2020
"Hi, my name is Ashley."
Sometimes, people forgot my name, but for the most part they didn't. I waved at strangers all across campus...
- Feb 12, 2020
- 6 min
O, I of Little Faith
All of a sudden, in my mind, everything was up to me: my grades, my social life, my friendships, they were all my responsibility...
- Jan 16, 2020
- 6 min
Last Time I Saw You, You Were This Tall!
I had no plans to join a Christian fellowship, attend church, pray, or even read the Bible. But God moved in my life. Yet, I feel behind...
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