Listening Past the Dial Tones

I went into this job with the mindset that I’d be a stronger person for all of the harsh words at the end of the summer, but I usually just leave the office feeling crushed and exhausted.

| UPenn Locust Walk | Spring 2016

Who Tells Your Story?

Last month, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton, sent off Penn’s class of 2016 by sharing two stories from his own life.

Connie Miller | UPenn Locust Walk | Spring 2016

A Compass, A Bridge, and a Covenant

The Penn Christian journal is re-launching under the name Locust Walk, falling into step with the brick-paved path that takes students through three communal points – a compass, a bridge, and a covenant.

Esther Jou | UPenn Locust Walk | Spring 2016

Remember November

While researching for this article, I ventured into internet forums to read what others who have considered suicide have written about their suicidal feelings, and found my sentiments echoed. Many say that if just one person cared it would make them go on living, or that they have been hurt by those whom they love.

Linda Kang | UPenn Common Subjects | Spring 2013

Meeting God in the Classroom

God takes delight when we take delight in His creation; if we would prefer to study philosophy instead of medicine, Caribbean wildlife instead of law, or Slavic poetry instead of business, we should ask ourselves if that desire comes from God. If it does, maybe He gave us that desire for a reason.

Calvin Jennings | UPenn Common Subjects |

In Pursuit of Solitude

As inherently relational creatures, a state of absolute aloneness frightens most people. Why? Solitude, like nothing else, forces you to confront yourself.

Nolan Burger | UPenn Common Subjects |

Secular Ethics Find Cohesion In Christ

A Christian ethic derived from the Bible can incorporate each perspective in some fashion: existentially, we seek the inner satisfaction of living as God designed us to live; normatively, this design is based on God’s authoritative word and law; and situationally, we seek to obey God by finding opportunities to advance his kingdom.

Willis Zhang | UPenn Common Subjects |

On Reason in Milton’s Paradise Lost and John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet XIV” – Theologies on Agency in Christian Faith

Milton states, “reason is but choosing”; reason depends on a person’s free will to be utilized for either man’s pleasure, or God’s glory.

Trina Hyun | The UPenn Lamp Post | Issue 1, Spring 2012

Thoughts on New Atheism

Every worldview makes truth claims and faith assumptions to show its uniqueness and superiority over other worldviews, and New Atheism is no exception.

Jabez Yeo | U Penn Lamp Post | Issue 01, Spring 2012

Is Anything Worth Believing In? A Review of a Conversation with John Lennox

God could have easily made a universe in which bad things didn’t happen. However, Lennox argues that “the one thing you will not get in an automated, robotic, computerized universe is love, relationship, and so on... In order to have the possibility of love or relationship, you must create the possibility of choice.”

Sarah Banks | The UPenn Lamp Post | Issue 01, Spring 2012

God, Unifier of Mathematical Truths

It is peculiar enough that Christianity was once considered the more elegant worldview, and from this worldview came the rise of modern mathematics.

Willis Zhang | UPenn Lamp Post | Issue 1, Spring 2012

August 2016