~Sasha R. God was in love when He made me. His eyes were focused on something in the distance when His hands slid across clay to form my face. He stared for a long time in that direction, His warm fingers at rest against my rough, wet cheeks. As He pushed at the clay, I [...]

~L. B. Nelson A note written at the request of Paulo Coehlo.  He wanted to know if I believed in Angels I believe in Angels. Angels can be as big as a planet or as small as a microscopic speck of dust. Angels can speak through a ray of sun, which then, can speak through [...]

~T. R. I hurried into a religious bookstore one day anxious to pick up a book previously ordered.  Old-time church hymns played on overhead speakers.  As I waited in line a nearby magazine caught my eye, the caption reading, “Woman of the Year.” My eyes traveling upwards saw a blond woman with long softly curled [...]

~The Captain @ Up She Rises It’s hard to explain what I mean when I say that I don’t believe in “God” anymore, so I don’t really bring it up.  Some people who love me, they get sad. It seems that what they hear is loss and despair–fearfully, desperately I claw my way through the [...]

–Lindsey Marcus @ I Run in Heels A year ago, my brother Seth and Ali, his girlfriend of 2 years, visited my parents in Oklahoma. While Ali appreciated the family-centric culture of our hometown, she commented on the emphasis on getting married young. Girls remarked she had the “patience of Job” at not receiving a [...]