More than one route
When I was born, I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination….
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Eager expectation
Our primary stance toward the kingdom, therefore, ought to be one of hope, an eager expectation that God will bring to completion the kingdom…
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Learning to grow deep roots
Every summer, *culture is not optional (the umbrella organization of Topology Magazine) hosts a group of interns in Three Rivers, Michigan. We work, study,…
Read MoreJoined to others
Our life is not an assemblage of various parts whose coming together is optional or haphazard. Rather, we are bound together in an organic…
Read MoreLove your neighbors
The 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…
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Picapedreros
Steep green hills abruptly give way to a sloped clearing, octopus-like, its tentacles twisting through thick growth and dwindling into impassable crevices among brambles…
Read MoreOur lamentable history
The declaration that “black lives matter” found expression in an area of our country that had declared that black lives do not matter. We…
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Baboon bride
The summer I turned 16 was the summer of Sgt. Pepper, and I took a job as a zoo guide at Jungle Larry’s Safari…
Read MoreLack of ideas
The defense against shame, guilt, and mourning leads to emotional emptiness in the individual and, in consequence, to psychological and political immobility, to a…
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The human and the holy
Editor’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…
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