Reconciling the nations
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2004, Sam Gesch shares how the…
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The Zilwaukee Bridge
byM-13 in Zilwaukee, Michigan (September 2013) The Zilwaukee Bridge is a gateway. As most know, Michigan has two peninsulas: the Upper and the Lower….
The Labourers
byFraser River, British Columbia, Canada (June 2016) I was out today with the camera down along one of the winding arms in the delta…
Holy Week in Uganda
bySunrises in Uganda happen suddenly. On the equator, dawn is dark, turning pink at the eastern corners at the sky at 6:00, 6:30. Then…
Somewhere on Monticello Road: Listening to Pamela York’s “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me”
byShortly after the Civil War, Dr. Joshua Ensor lost his gold-framed spectacles on Monticello Road. At the time, he was superintendent of the South…
The color of cuisine
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2008, Jacque Rowe Fields reflects on…
Cooking chicken wat
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2008, Deborah Leiter shares about learning…
White on rice
byWhen we return from our honeymoon, I learn immediately from my Korean elders at church that my chief duty as wife is to fatten…
An intimate view
byEditor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a blog the author kept while walking the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain, accompanied by…
Original thrift
byMa was boiling molasses in a pan. When Laura’s kettle was full of popped corn, Ma dipped some into a large pan, poured a…