More than one route
byWhen I was born, I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination….
Eager expectation
by the daily asteriskOur primary stance toward the kingdom, therefore, ought to be one of hope, an eager expectation that God will bring to completion the kingdom…
Learning to grow deep roots
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-ReitsmaEvery summer, *culture is not optional (the umbrella organization of Topology Magazine) hosts a group of interns in Three Rivers, Michigan. We work, study,…
Joined to others
by the daily asteriskOur life is not an assemblage of various parts whose coming together is optional or haphazard. Rather, we are bound together in an organic…
Love your neighbors
by the daily asteriskThe message hasn’t changed. God-of-the-Angel-Armies said then and says now: “‘Treat one another justly. Love your neighbors. Be compassionate with each other. Don’t take advantage…
Picapedreros
by Robert StoutSteep green hills abruptly give way to a sloped clearing, octopus-like, its tentacles twisting through thick growth and dwindling into impassable crevices among brambles…
Our lamentable history
by the daily asteriskThe declaration that “black lives matter” found expression in an area of our country that had declared that black lives do not matter. We…
Baboon bride
by Mike FinleyThe summer I turned 16 was the summer of Sgt. Pepper, and I took a job as a zoo guide at Jungle Larry’s Safari…
Lack of ideas
by the daily asteriskThe defense against shame, guilt, and mourning leads to emotional emptiness in the individual and, in consequence, to psychological and political immobility, to a…
The human and the holy
by Karissa Knox SorrellEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2012, Karissa Knox Sorrell reflects on…