So, I am indeed writing about trash, and I do, in fact, have an opinion on it. I worked in facilities freshman year, so I know my trash. We need trash cans at Covenant. This seems like a silly thing to have to say. Honestly I didn’t believe that it was true that there were NO trash cansoutside buildings on campus, but when I paid closer attention I realized it was almost true.
Read moreOpen Letter to Our Catcalling Classmates
Is this my fault? What did I do to merit this? Am I actually safe right now? These are the questions that run through our minds when you catcall us. You may not realize this form of sexual harassment is a problem here, on Covenant College’s campus; we didn’t expect it either. But it happens—often—and it’s unacceptable. We, women, are image bearers of Christ, not sex objects.
Read moreItching Ears and the Word of God
Four years ago, during the first few weeks of the fall semester, a lively debate broke out between two students in a classroom at a small university in middle-Georgia. They were both taking an introductory class on the philosophy of ethics, a course focused primarily on assigned readings and class discussion.
Read moreAre We Being Unbiblical in Our Reading of the Bible?
Many, if not most of us, have spent most of our lives in the same place. We have become accustomed to one cultural context and specific ways of thinking. For this reason, when it comes to systems of learning like theology, it is easy for us to take things for granted or to make subconscious assumptions about what we are studying.
Read moreAll Things to All People?
“Who is God to you?” This is the first question that was asked of me and each of my coworkers at the start of our internship this past summer. The internship was an opportunity to engage in mission work in the community of Mobile, Alabama, primarily through teaching children between the ages of four and twelve at a summer camp.
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