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January 2018
Redeeming Rest

Redeeming Rest

With a more robust view of time, we can rest as well as work because both add qualitative value to our lives.

Elizabeth Schmucker | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2016

December 2017
Resting in the Land of the Lotus-Eaters

Resting in the Land of the Lotus-Eaters

We are able to fully understand and sympathize with the sailors’ situation because seeing their vulnerability, we unconsciously yet fundamentally acknowledge our own susceptibility to the same evil.

Eleanor Duan | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

May 2016
For the Good of All Creation

For the Good of All Creation: A Christian Ecological Ethic

Ecological crisis, whether as dramatic as some predict or not, means we must reconsider the be­liefs implicit in a system that exploits humans, creatures, and natural resources.

Nicole Newell | St. Olaf Avodah | Spring 2015

September 2013
Created to Serve

Created to Serve: The Telos of Work

As a senior, I get asked what one of my close friends calls the “Benjamin Braddock question” rather frequently: “What are you going to do after you graduate?”

Josh Satre | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2013

May 2013
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

If we wouldn’t tell our neighbors to constantly compare their lives to everyone else’s and feel inadequate by doing so, why do we ourselves do that?

Christina Keller | Swarthmore Peripateo | Volume 1, Issue 1

January 2013
Sand in your hand

Diligent Seeker

I knew the theological answer: if God loved me enough to die on the cross for me, then surely my worship meant a great deal to him. But there was a great disconnect between my mind and my heart.

Shana Dorsey | The Williams Telos | Issue 8, Fall 2012

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