*culture is not optional

The coyote's song

by Jeff DeVries and Ryan Vande Kraats

A folk tale explores the creation of the world and the Fall--but what does the Fall have to do with the coyote's song? Featuring collages created by Ryan Vande Kraats.

Beautiful death

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A challenge to enjoy creation and accept what we cannot understand.

Sunshine after the storm

by AMother

A family endures a painful situation to discover the enduring beauty of God's grace.

Paradox and the Fall

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Since the Fall, God uses our weaknesses to build community and helps us gain a sense of Eden's bliss.

Demian's relevance

by Cari Zylstra

A student analyzes Hermann Hesse?s novel for affronts to Christianity and then explains why such literature should be studied in Christian schools.

Learning to live on both sides of the river

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

In The Other Side of the River, Alex Kotlowitz recounts a story that displays the complexities of racial segregation in America today.

Ryan Adams' reign as the bummer king

by Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Adams' new collection of songs, Demolition, puts him back on the road he started down with Heartbreaker.

East Side Gallery, Berlin (detail)

by Mike Steinhauer

Entwined Banyon

by Amy Nonhof

these bleeding hills

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma