By Kate Roberts While wandering around the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I stumbled across a plant called the crown-of-thorns plant, or the Christ plant. A beautiful succulent with a thorny stem and brightly colored flowers, it is …
By: Olivia Hitz She wears long sleeves and pants during the summer. She says she’s cold, but she’s sweating under her clothes. Her best friends accept her lies without a second thought. She has successfully fooled them all, and they’ll …
By Michelle Bauman I’m sure you’ve heard talk in the news about a recession lately; more and more pundits are expressing fear, worry, and impending doom. Concern over our country’s financial woes accompany stories about rising gas prices, pictures of …
Olivia Hitz “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, …
By: Kate Roberts Although I spent a majority of my summer working from my home in Tennessee, I would sometimes slip away to a coffee shop, observing the bustling people ordering their mid-day lattes and lunch as I worked on …
By Jenna Siek “I’m not pro-life enough.” This thought understandably convicts many people who are involved in the pro-life movement. With abortion service nationally available, suicide rates increasing, and euthanasia becoming a cultural norm, fighting for life is a huge …
By Bonnie Pool When I was in elementary school, my dad would often take me to visit Concordia Cemetery on Sundays while the rest of my family was in church choir rehearsal. C.F.W. Walther is buried there, along with many …
