The World Was Watching Cullowhee: Memories of the “Great American Eclipse”
“It’s so great that there’s an eclipse on the first day of class!” Dad rejoiced, thrilled that he had an excuse not to go to campus. He then played a BBC News video on the…
Category: Miscellaneous Nonfiction
This Solitude Through Which We Go: Thoughts Upon the Nature of Hell
Hell, like Heaven, is in many ways set apart from our knowing, and as with all things that are so, we grasp it through metaphors and conceive it through hyperbole. It is the garbage dump,…
I. Magi. Nation. Inspiration: the Pagan Experience
Two years ago, when I studied abroad in England, we happened to take a trip out to Avebury. As soon as I stepped off the bus, though, we were told we’d only have a short…
A Survey of Belief
A friend of mine attending a Bible college recently had to do a worldview survey for class. As such, she posted 17 deep philosophical questions about our worldview for us to answer. Interestingly, I found…
Be Here Now
~ By Sarah Pierzchala - Originally published on the blog, “Beauty and Belief”, 2014. Recently, I was chatting with a wise and witty mom, and she mentioned how, at the end of a busy day…
Loving God
Too often I see people stagnate in their relationship with God. Too often I see the same stagnation in my own life. But I’ve had an idea – an idea that might seem bizarre, but…
Bubbles and Snowflakes: Thoughts on Vulnerability
Vulnerability – the deepest form of trust. Each of us has a place inside, deep inside our inmost being, hidden away from prying eyes and mocking words. It is a place of snowflakes and bubbles,…
Adam and Eve: Myth or Divine Revelation?
Having been brought up as a Christian and then having embraced Islam as an adult I learned that there were two different versions to the story of Adam and Eve. Each version speaks of Adam and…
Authenticity and Expectation: Some Roots of Christian-Muslim Debate
There is something that I notice about Christian-Muslim theology debates that kind of runs on repeat. Basically, Muslims have a tendency to bring up Bible verses where Jesus is shown as praying, or emphasizing in…
Fruits of Forgiveness: Overcoming Evil with Good
There is nothing like inhumanity to remind us that we are human. Tell yourself all you like that you are a piece of electric meat, a random causation of evolutionary theory, and all sense of…