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Mercy by the Sea
By Sharla Moody, BK ‘22. Sharla is majoring in English.
Cast them into Your divine waters, swallow the pieces whole.
And Also With You
By Jason Lee, TD ‘22. Jason is majoring in Global Affairs.
When I say “I do not want to lose you,” entwined with this terror is the fearful and therefore selfish desire to keep the other as I know them, to confine them to this space where I know how to best love them and from which I know they can continue to love me. And since God is love, what I am saying is this: I am sure that God is here. I fear He will not be where we are going.
Being Home When Home is Hard
By Daniel Chabeda, ES ‘22. Daniel is majoring in Chemistry.
Home is not always the Promised Land. Home can be a collection of new challenges for students to contend with: maintaining academic motivation, adjusting to a new work environment, and continuing social interactions with peers to name a few. Some challenges are even deeper–abusive parents, psychologically triggering scenes, loneliness–and can turn the intended place of solace into a land of sour milk and honey. For me, home has been an environment of family tension, emotional strain, and spiritual temptation, an environment where I was far from my family and God. In writing this article, I assume that many of you can relate.
Exile: Transplanting and Sustaining
By Bradley Yam, SY ‘21. Bradley is majoring in Ethics, Politics & Economics and Computer Science.
In a time of chaos and uprooting, it is more essential than ever to ensure that we are transplanted well, and that we grow roots where we might end up: wherever that might be. What is the right balance to strike between listening to the math and listening to our hearts? How do we be the salt and light of the earth in a time ruled by fear, anxiety, loneliness and claustrophobia? I suggest that we might think of answers in two ways: transplanting and sustaining.
Psalm 91
By John Daoud, MY ‘21. John is majoring in Near Eastern Studies.
It’s no secret, I’m a control freak. I like to be in charge, down to the detail. But here, this verse reminds me that I am absolutely nothing and that God is everything. God is all-powerful, all-mighty, and all-knowing. And more importantly (at least as far as I’m concerned), He’s got my back. Thousands can fall, but it is through His power and love that I have not. Isn’t that incredible? I think so. And so, for now at least, it’s enough.
More than Just Surviving
By Sharmaine Koh, SM ‘22. Sharmaine is majoring in History.
Many of us would give anything to trade the fears and stresses of disruption, infection, social isolation, loss of support and certainty — for the simpler pressures of academic labour. But in our vigilant handwashing, Zoomer-U-a-meme-ing, miserable self-quarantining, there is that same sense of struggle against forces quite beyond our control. I’m still hanging on to that rotten plank…These days, all we do is survive. It’s hard enough to think about living well, let alone thriving.
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