Winter Solstice
Editor’s Note: A version of this piece was previously published in the Indiana Voice Journal. I wake while it’s dark and lie in bed…
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Swords into plowshares
He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation…
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Sleepwalking in Russia
When I was nine years old, a dream led me to wander downstairs. I awoke, a sleep-crumpled bird in the nest corners of the…
Read MoreRejoice!
O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel…
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Blue Night in Blaenau
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales (2010) Blaenau Ffestiniog is the small town in north Wales where I live. It has a reputation for being grey and…
Read MorePerpetual adolescence
It’s a balancing act: to recognize the blessings, even the ones that come well disguised, in the form of difficult relatives who have given…
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Second baptism
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2006. an anonymous writer tells the…
Read MoreSatiating ourselves
Waiting hones our insights. It gives us the time and space, the perspective and patience that enable us to discriminate between the good, the…
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Running into darkness
I used to rise early each day to go for a run before the rest of my family woke. If there was even one…
Read MoreLearning to wait
Advent is about learning to wait. It is about not having to know exactly what is coming tomorrow, only that whatever it is, it…
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