Duke Crux

BY ALLY EIDEMUELLER 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/a-perservering-soul. Today, let us reflect on Matthew 20:29-34: “As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. There were two blind men sitting by the roadside. When they heard […]

BY TOMMY SCHACHT 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/the-paradox-of-submission. Lent is a season of penance. We seek to imitate Christ in the desert, in preparation for his Crucifixion and Resurrection. We seek mortification not out of pride or […]

BY JUSTIN FERRUGIA 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/quaranta-giorni. Lent is a quarantine—literally. The word “quarantine” comes from the Italian expression for the period in which any ship sailing to Venice had to stay anchored away from port […]

BY MARGOT ARMBRUSTER Content warning: This piece discusses disordered eating. It’s Ash Wednesday, early and cold. I’m locking my bike outside the Duke Chapel, catching my breath through my mask, rubbing the feeling back into my fingers. I’m here to lead worship at this morning’s service. Today, I’m fasting, though it’s not a choice I’ve […]

BY KATIE PAINTER 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/in-pursuit-of-peace. Squeezing my eyes shut, I crouched at the bottom of the staircase and placed my hands over my ears. My stomach clenched as warm, salty tears began to drop […]

BY GABBI ZEGERS This piece is a part of a syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. Read more at: https://www.yalelogos.com/lent-2021. “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the […]

BY MATIAS SUR Our Lenten journey is well underway, which is why I want to offer a quick reflection on the possible temptations that may arise—or may have already risen—in the middle of our respective paths toward Easter Sunday. At the risk of being reductive, if you had to pick between these two persons reflecting […]

BY SERENA RIDDLE 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/truth-in-the-psych-ward. Trigger warning: Suicide, self-harm Disclaimer: As David Finnegan-Hosey says in his book Christ on the Psych Ward, “any eloquent description of the experience of mental health struggle conceals as […]

BY JORDAN HEPBURN About one in three adults in the United States don’t get enough sleep. [1] Being a college student about to enter the workforce, I know my lifestyle matches really well with this statistic. Most adults, including myself, are tired, working long hours, and needing more sleep. I joked to my friend the […]