Artful dispatches from the places where we find ourselves
Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence lives in a 1958 split-level in the western suburbs of Chicago, so that her husband Justin only has a 10-minute commute to work each day. She writes, tells biblical stories, and is a distance student at Calvin Theological Seminary. Joy has two young children who like to smear mud all over themselves while she gardens and forages.
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2009, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence explores the many…