All That We Give
by Rowanne Fairchild I pulled myself from sleep and rocked from my hammock, finding the shaft of my riding boots with my toes. Exhaustion blurred what was already hard to see in this midnight dark, but...
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by Liz Charlotte Grant In eleventh grade, I climbed a volcano—sort of. My church in Annapolis, Maryland had taken a group of its youth to El Salvador, joining the movement of evangelical churches...
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by Denin Koch I fumbled for cash, returning my debit card to my wallet. That way my parents wouldn’t see this purchase among the other charges on my online checking account. They wouldn’t approve. The...
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by Lani Caraway I am thirty-four years old. I have birthed two children and bested cancer. I live in a body wracked with pain and plagued by numbness. Stretch-marks, scars, and bruises color my skin. I...
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by Cara Strickland It was my first time sleeping away from home. I was nervous, but excited. I had heard stories about camp and expected it to be a wonderful bonding experience. I knew one other girl...
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by Harmony Button My one and only experience with church camp was on a sleep-away youth group retreat. The camp was in the Adirondacks, at the edge of a lake. I was new to youth group, having aced my...
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