ImageJuly 21, 2017<July 17, 2017 Deep Roots by Gail Heffner Grand Rapids, Michigan (2012) Most roots do their growing underground out of view of the observer. What mystery leads them to lengthen and sink…
EssayApril 10, 2017<March 27, 2017 Find the hope by Naomi Wenger On May 29, 2011, I was in conference with a guest at The Hermitage, a retreat center where I serve as Spiritual Director. It…
ThrowbackSeptember 15, 2016<September 15, 2016 Fidelity and fecundity by Gary Guthrie Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2009, Gary Guthrie explores the fruit…
EssayNovember 30, 2015<February 15, 2016 In defense of details by Elisabeth Wenger Until several years ago, almost everything I knew about farming I learned from the Little House books. The Ingalls family saga was the beloved…