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Humble Offerings
BY SERENA PUANG This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/humble-offerings. On a good day (when everything is going smoothly, I’m not on a strict deadline, and I’ve gotten plenty of sleep), it’s easier to cut other people slack when…
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Ash Wednesday: Confrontation with Mortality
ANDREW RAINES BY WILL WILLIMON Editor’s note: Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent in the Western calendar. On this day, Christians put ashes on their (fore)heads to symbolize sorrow for their sin and to remind themselves that they will die, eventually turning to dust. “The truth about life is that we shall die,”…
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Tough-minded and Tenderhearted
BY ANDREW RAINES Throughout the year, the Church follows the whole course of Jesus’ life from birth to ascension. We do so because we believe Christ’s life brings us life. If we stumble along in his footsteps, our lives will be changed for the better. So, Lent is the time when Christians prepare for sharing…
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Questioning Reality in a Pandemic
ANDREW RAINES BY JORDAN HEPBURN Last semester was hard, and not only because I couldn’t gorge chocolate chip pancakes at 4 a.m. from Pitchforks or play basketball six days a week in a packed Wilson gym. The biggest challenge was that the COVID-19 pandemic forced me to ask important existential questions. I had thought I…
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De-Decorating (When the Light Hits It)
EMERY GEYER A vignette and poem BY GABI ZEGERS I’ll be honest: de-decorating is depressing. When Christmas is over, all the brilliant blues, greens, whites, purples, gold, silver, and reds disappear into the vintage plastic storage bins we had hastily brushed and dusted before bringing them into our house a mere month before, with more…
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Reconciling Faith and Governance
CURTIS ADDAMS Can the Christian faith unite North Carolina and the country across party lines? BY ADEJUWON OJEBUOBOH Jesus Christ. The least unpopular name in American politics. With the election of Joe Biden (a self-professed devout Catholic), the Supreme Court appointment of Amy Coney Barrett (another devout Catholic), and the Georgia runoffs (Rev. Raphael Warnock…
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2020 and the Pandemic of Resentment
JACK MYHRE BY MATIAS SUR Note: Did you know Bill Withers died in March of this year? (Sigh…) One of the most celebrated R&B/Soul singer-songwriters of the 1970s, he was known for his baritone voice and unforgettable hits such as “Ain’t No Sunshine” (1971), “Lean On Me” (1972), and “The Same Love That Made Me…
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Presence
JACK MYHRE BY NOAH BREUSS-BURGESS At Duke, I have come to really value questions and their wonderful ability to open up worlds previously unknown. In the flurry and weariness of Duke life, I have found that a good question can break through the easy monotony of our social interactions and lead us to a new…
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The “Holidays”
JACK MYHRE BY MATIAS SUR The holidays start with Thanksgiving, so let’s begin there. Here’s how Thanksgiving Day looks to me: We eat the delicious turkey, sides, and stuffing that accompanies one of the year’s most extraordinary meals. Then, people play board games with their families, spend time watching football or the National Dog Show…
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The Boldness of the Gospel
JACK MYHRE BY MORGAN PATTON Evangelism is terrifying. That´s a bit of an un-Christian thing of me to say, I suppose. But throughout the years of me believing in God, evangelism has been a constant thorn in my side, a thing that I’ve buried in a little box in the back of my brain. If…
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