Category archives: Nonfiction
A typical day
A former classmate of mine emailed me yesterday about starting a blog. Two weeks ago, Mrs. Lindsey Thomas did the same. And others have, so on. Conversations like that make me excited to write something, though I’m not sure what to… continue reading »
Hi from Seattle
I think it’s time to write about where I am and how I’m doing. I’m in Seattle, and I’m doing quite well. OK, more than that: It’s my third day here in Seattle, Washington, and everything is just pure excitement.… continue reading »
Liminal
I’m already learning the language of The Seattle School. One word that keeps coming up is liminal— liminal (adj.) 1884, from L. limen “threshold, cross-piece, sill” I’m at this threshold between college and post-grad, between Indiana and Seattle, between single… continue reading »
Angst
Self-reflection used to be easy for me. I used to sit with my 72-page spiral bound and a Bible in my bathroom, water running, to talk to myself and God. That’s how I figured things out. It was easy. I… continue reading »
The 5 Best Classes at IWU
I decided to make this list sometime last year, after taking two really great classes in the same semester. This post is meant to both encourage professors for creating great classes and to help underclassmen make smart scheduling decisions! Criteria:… continue reading »
Credo quia absurdum
“Not the least of my problems is that I can hardly even imagine what kind of an experience a genuine, self-authenticating religious experience would be. Without somehow destroying me in the process, how could God reveal himself in a way… continue reading »
Things I’m convinced of:
God wants me to love as best way I can (my boyfriend, my family, my friends, my neighbor, my enemies, my baristas). God wants me to enjoy the beauty of his creation (the sun, the rain, the trees, the bugs,… continue reading »
The Seattle School
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. –… continue reading »
Drafts
“Hard disk: the letter I remembered as embarrassing is OK after all. I must have revised it just before sending. I never confuse what I dreamed with what I actually did, but this is different: which draft am I?” –… continue reading »
Christmas Break Goals, revisited
I know these posts are never that fun to read, but I’m worried that I’m going to get out of the habit of blogging. I was on track through the whole breakup process. I can quit now that life’s awesome!… continue reading »