All in the neighborhood
Because the stranger knocking at our front door didn’t look like a Jehovah’s Witness or a candidate for political office, I opened the door…
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Both sides must win
Jesus was not content merely to empower the powerless … Jesus’ sayings about non retaliation are of one piece with his challenge to love…
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Repatriation
Grand Haven, Michigan (2016) Ten years ago, I found myself along the western strand of Michigan for the first time, entering my freshman year…
Read MoreGrow up
Here’s another old saying that deserves a second look: “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” Is that going to get us anywhere? Here’s what…
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The sound of transition
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2006, Kate Bowman-Johnston shares how a…
Read MorePeople don’t have any mercy
People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you’re dead, when they’ve killed you…
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Jagged edges
Jordan’s One Direction posters covered the wall where Emily used to hang her princess canopy, but the sunset still glimmered through the windows facing…
Read MoreBeautiful
The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the…
Read MorePedal to Metal
Merging into the bumper locked traffic of suburbanites defaulting from office work to domestic blahs murders my RPMs. I’ve got to get untracked from…
Read MoreYour American positioning
A friend argues that Americans battle between the “historical self” and the “self self.” By this she means you mostly interact as friends with…
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