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A Psalm of that guy with the burrito

The deadly kinds, yes, the piercing arrows that slipped off my raincoat, dripped onto the foil paper of the burrito, my burrito

The Girl Who Twirls

By Elijah Dahunsi '25 There’s a girl I saw that night, by the house a girl who’s short, with a sullen face, and a gaze, like the pointed...

Grape.

By Tony Pan '24 When I’m lost I would stand here watching Cars driving at the intersection, turning Left center right...

Here

My dearest beloved, Tears have been your food day and night But I see you you cried out Where is my God? And I answered Here I am

Here

My dearest beloved, Tears have been your food day and night But I see you you cried out Where is my God? And I answered Here I am

Dr. Doolittle Interview

By Elijah Dahunsi '25 May 14, 2023 The coronavirus pandemic has caused immense suffering — patients have grasped for air while...

What a Savior, What a Friend

"Your prayer life is weak." Long story short, my doorman Jean rebuked me in the middle of our lobby.

Green Water

By Ashley Chang '23 November 2, 2022 I grew up in LA. My family went to a Korean-American baptist church, somewhere around K-Town; when...

Liturgy

By Elijah Dahunsi '25 September 24, 2022 Spring forthcomes from wintry chains, gusts caught solemnly in pockets of silted soil. In time,...

LET'S TRY THIS

By Melanie Kim '23 August 16, 2022 Dear Joel, Do you remember that one time I got the Honda Accord wedged in the high school parking lot?...

By Yune Jee Bang '24 April 13, 2022 does it make you feel powerful when you say, “i don’t care”? from the Lord i have love on tap, maybe...

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By Tony Pan '24 April 9, 2022 Are you tired of worrying about shadows at night, those from the unforgettable embarrassment in the day...

Home Church

By Ashley Chang '23 February 27, 2022 Last semester, my grandmother’s husband passed away. Afterwards, my Dad flew over to LA, helped her...

A Psalm of that guy with the burrito

The deadly kinds, yes, the piercing arrows that slipped off my raincoat, dripped onto the foil paper of the burrito, my burrito

A Noble Craft

For you are all That which I lay my eyes upon The streams, the waters, and the Tears.

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

The Girl Who Twirls

By Elijah Dahunsi '25 There’s a girl I saw that night, by the house a girl who’s short, with a sullen face, and a gaze, like the pointed...

Grape.

By Tony Pan '24 When I’m lost I would stand here watching Cars driving at the intersection, turning Left center right...

a place for your dwelling forever

with each breath my diaphragm spasms red gasping from smarting wounds grasping for words building a fortress for the future

CSTN 0100: Introduction to Campus Fellowships and Interfellowship Groups

By Cornerstone Online Welcome to our 2021 edition of CSTN 0100: Introduction to Interfellowship Groups! The Cornerstone Online staff...

Like Sands Through the Hourglass

By Mikaela Carrillo '21 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and...

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.

The soil shifts and settles

By Lucy Tian '22 Down the road is a pumpkin patch. Past the patch is a forest. The forest melts into a desert. The desert melts under the...

(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

A Reflection

May You be the Comforter and Provider for all who long for a taste of certainty and love in this time.

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...

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...

Without Fear

Their motives and actions have made me wonder: is this what my faith will lead me to do?

I Will Wait

By Julius Gingles '21 I want to feel joy again. I used to love doing my homework and learning. I could see God in the beauty and...

Holy Ground

time and time again secrets unspoken and wisdom found by countless miles walked upon it

A Reminder

By Mikaela Carrillo '21 I let the shower run over me Let its rhythm sink into my skin The continuous pelt a reminder Of the fallen world...

To Hope for Change

Hope: to cherish a feeling of anticipation. To protect and nurse a longing for things to be different. To have a sense that one day...

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...

Dear God,

Tears were streaming down my face as I whispered, “Why, God?” I was on the floor curled...

To Be Thankful

Bittersweet. It's the taste of this year on my tongue. I swallow. God is good...

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.

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...

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...

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...

whispered prayers

Poetic meditation on verses from Deuteronomy, Psalms, and Exodus from Lucy Tian '22.

Just One...

she said, just One Touch will heal me...

You Never Left

Isla could even convince herself that she was alright by the way she responded to her family’s greetings and how are you’s...

An Unconventional Semester

Many of my friends, like my classes, are only a click away—but so is Zoom fatigue. You, like I, may feel cheated out of an experience...

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...

Ecclesiastes

I was thinking about both the brevity of life and the permanence of eternity. How does one enjoy life while holding things loosely here...

Christians: Where Are You?

The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Aubery, Breonna Taylor, and innocent Black folks in America have sparked outcry, leading to protesting...

On Repeat: Our Current Favorite Christian Songs

As we settle into a season of waiting and hoping, we as staff thought we'd keep it light and share with you some of our current favorite...

Two Screwtape Letters

My dear Wormwood, Ah! So your patient’s university is closing down? Is that so? Shall we celebrate, then, and gorge...

The Good News

As we as a staff thought about how to best bless and love our community this Holy Week, the week leading up to Jesus’s crucifixion...

Reflections on Holy Saturday

A few weeks ago, when things started shutting down in earnest, a friend of mine posted on Facebook, “This is the weirdest thing that's...

Reflections on Good Friday

By Megan O’Brien Crayne | We live in a time of profound suffering. Some of the suffering is physical; we see infection, death, and dome...

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...

For Uncertain Times

Today is February 23, 2020. In 18 days, on March 12, President Christina Paxson will make the announcement that classes at Brown...

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...

Prose

Home Church

By Ashley Chang '23 February 27, 2022 Last semester, my grandmother’s husband passed away. Afterwards, my Dad flew over to LA, helped her...

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

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.