*culture is not optional

A road map, in retrospect

by Kate Becker

A reflection on the questions and people that led a math and physics major to seminary.

Our name Joe

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

How can the Church's response heal those coming out of crisis situations?

On packing boxes and planting roots

by Erika Knight Bakker

Yet another move prompts consideration of the pros and cons of leaving.

What's next?

by Grant Elgersma

Life after college generates questions about a vision.

Dragging my heels

by Denise Frame Harlan

Another transition prompts reflection on the fleeting experience of good things.

Turning again

by Henry Bakker

A double review of The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong and You Can Go Home Again by Gene Logsdon.

Hadassah

by Jill Bergkamp

The anti-princess diaries

by Kate Bowman Johnston

On the pressures of orchestrating "the most important day of your life."

The old college try

by Nadia Swearingen-Friesen

Graduating from college and entering "the real world" can shake up an individual's lifestyle and values. Here's some balanced advice on surviving and thriving in transition.

The hard parts

by Carol Vande Kraats

On the suffering that penetrates even the colorfully-decorated walls of a kindergarten classroom.

Building global justice

Sojourners

The 2004 commencement address at Stanford from Jim Wallis.

It's you I like

Dartmouth News

A commencement address from Fred Rogers, given in 2002 at Dartmouth College.

B+ is just fine

Salon.com

A commencement address given at University High School by Anne Lamott.