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What is Biblical Joy?
April 3, 2023 | Michaela Wang BK ‘25
One of the most perplexing yet ubiquitous terms I’ve encountered is “joy in Christ.” When trying to draw non-Christian friends closer to God, or while comforting a Christian friend through a difficult season, I found myself confused by what I meant with this term––and worse, struggling to attest to this feeling I was promulgating. Have I felt joy in Christ? What is it in the first place? What does my misunderstanding of it reflect about the state of my heart?
To the Suffering Christian
April 1, 2023 | Kane Xu MC ‘25
Your suffering may not be the same as my suffering, but we share one hope: Jesus. I am still in the fire, but I have learned a few things that have brought me tremendous victories amidst the darkness.
A Godly People
March 29, 2023 | Tori Cook JE ‘26
To have one heart and one mind as a Christian people seems to mean having our will fully in line with God’s will– perfectly desiring what He desires. Herein lies the difficulty. Changing our actions is far easier than changing our wills and desires.
Watching for the Lord
March 24, 2023 | Blake M (ES 2024)
The ancient city demands much of a watchman. He spends all day or all night with nothing to do but watch: waiting for signals from other cities or the signs of enemy armies. Uneventful weeks and months pass. Yet, in a few key moments, everyone in the city depends on him to be alert. On an ordinary day, he is given little praise; should he doze off and miss the signs of an incoming army, he rightly shoulders all the blame.
Man’s Reconciliation with God
March 22, 2023 | K. A. Malandain (Trumbull ‘26)
For there are still, in fact, good fruits that can be reaped from what you might be perceiving as a failure–those fruits being, a knowledge of our fallen nature as humans in the world, and a reminder of the difficulty of being a disciple of Christ. Denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following the Lord is no easy feat.
Joseph, Our Guiding Light
March 20, 2023 | Katie Painter TD ‘23
In the Catholic tradition, March 20 marks the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this day, we commemorate the steadfast father of the child Jesus, the virtuous husband “unwilling to expose [Mary] to shame.”
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