Dear Hope, It’s hard to believe that our third week of classes has already come to a close. Since the start of term, the hours that once felt like days, now pass in a blink of an eye. As I sit at my desk, with my grubby Cubs hat (aka my thinking cap) perched upon …
Category Archives: Faith
The final fall, but the best beginning
Hey, Hope. I’m back again in the best way. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m a Communication major and a Leadership minor. I’m a junior, but I’m graduating in May 2016. I’m originally from Iowa. And I’ve been busy with everything that is good, but the things that are good are sometimes overwhelming. …
Camp, God, and Mysteries
It’s currently 9:31 a.m. on Saturday morning. Right now, I should be telling parents how much money their camper has left in their canteen account (which is, 90% of the time, a whopping zero dollars), whether or not they need to talk to the camp nurse, and where they can pick up their luggage. If …
Mountain Lens
Hello Readers! It’s been a while since I’ve last written, and I’m excited to be back at it this summer. Basically, it’s June 7th, May flew by, and life has been crazy – but what else is new? Ever since the last few weeks of school leading into summer, I was praying a lot about purpose …
Redemption’s Story
When I first wrote this post, it took me about five hours to complete and was over 5,000 words. That meant 99.99% of you would never read it, and most professors would most likely skim. So, I scrapped my first draft, and I’m starting from the beginning. I arrived back in Holland at 10:15am Saturday …
This Feels Like Home
I arrived home on Friday; I’ll be here for a week and two days. It feels different being home, even though most things have remained the same. There’s one building on the downtown strip that’s been demolished and there’s different pillows on the chairs on my front porch. There are many more things that have …
Ambiguous Clockwork
We’re good at forgetting, but we’re better at remembering. I’ve heard people say time changes us, but I can’t say I agree. I don’t really think it’s time that changes us – I think it’s us who change the time. We sometimes say we want things to never change. It comes mostly during the nights …
Go for Broke
I’ve been praying a lot. But before that happened, I went on an adventure tonight. I hung out with friends, ate some food, went to a business meeting, saw love take shape in a bunch of different ways, and felt the cold weather we thought was gone for good creep back into our community. And …
Why I Love Chapel at Hope
Hope’s Chapel is unlike anything I have ever seen. It is not required for students to attend, but it is often filled with so many students and faculty that we have to sit and stand in the aisles because no seats are left. There are three 20-minute chapel services throughout the weekdays, and a 75-ish …
Just a Train of Thought
I’m sitting in the library at a table on the first floor near the Cup and Chaucer by myself, and I might be alone, but I’m not lonely. The rain is falling against the window, quietly, but it’s just loud enough for background noise. A girl across the room keeps shouting, “Want to take a …