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April 2017
On the Dignity of Sex

On the Dignity of Sex

I myself have felt resentment and bitterness towards notions of “purity” and “chastity,” and rejected them as highly antiquated concepts that only objectified people.

A. S. Bethel | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017

March 2017
A Non-Concealing Confession

A Non-Concealing Confession

This repentance must come from confession of sins and asking for forgiveness from God through prayer, but I also have come to believe that confession to others is at least a helpful, if not absolutely necessary part of this process.

Nate Lamb | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2016

July 2016
Impetus

Impetus

I see a nation inundated with injustice, yet a Church that is silent.

Nia Campinha-Bacote | The Yale Logos | Spring 2016

August 2014
Escaping the Prison of Guilt

Escaping the Prison of Guilt

It is important to acknowledge the harm that our sins cause, but the depth of one’s guilt should not be a standard for one’s moral worth.

Marcos Martinez | | The Columbia Cross & Cross

April 2014
Hands and Feet

Hands and Feet

In medical school, we are taught to strive to be “humanistic”. We have an honor society dedicated to humanism in medicine, but we are never told exactly what it means.

David D. Chen | Princeton Revisions | Spring 2012

January 2014
The Healing of Intimacy

The Healing of Intimacy

Thus when Adam and Eve hid from each other in shame, they were in effect proclaiming, “I do not acknowledge you as my own, I do not trust you with my body. I do not trust you with myself. There is something to fear from you.”

Shana Dorsey | The Williams Telos | Fall 2013

October 2013
Here We May Love Truly

‘Here We May Love Truly’

On CS Lewis' The Great Divorce: Apart from the fixed reality of Christ, we cannot help but live in our self-constructed unrealities. Yet to find Christ is to find heaven itself.

Shirley Li | The Williams Telos | Spring 2013

September 2012
Depression, Despair, and Hope at Harvard

Harvard’s Editor-in-Chief Reflects on Depression, Despair, and Hope

During my four years at Harvard, I contemplated committing suicide no less than three times. It wasn’t until I almost failed a class during my senior year that I realized that I struggle with depression.

Jordan Monge | The Harvard Ichthus Fish Tank |

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