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Midterms in the Rough

Midterms in the Rough

For those of you out there with a lot on your mind, take a three minute break and partake in the joys of my poetry.  This one goes out to all the students in the middle of midterms season. p p p p p p p p p p p p p "Where do I go from here? Alas,

10.10.2011| The Fish Tank | Christopher Hopper

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Why must you confess so?

Why must you confess so?

Quite often, Christianity presents us with many questions as well as answers.  Some of these questions arise from our actions in the past and their result on the future.  One prevalent question deals with the effect of lying on our redemption and how to cope when others lie to us and when we ourse

09.28.2011| The Fish Tank | Christopher Hopper

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Screwtape on Graduating

Screwtape on Graduating

My dear Wigglesworm, It's been sweltering down here in the Lower Regions - you would think you were in the high summer of Boston, but no, it's just hell. Anyhow, outbreaks of gonorrhea and florescent mosquitoes aside, things plod along as usual. But enough about the weather. I note with some c

06.1.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang

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All is Meaningless

All is Meaningless

I have found Ecclesiastes a deeply comforting book. Yes, I am talking about the same book of the Bible—the one from which comes the familiar cry, “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity!” The one in which the Teacher concludes that everything, wisdom and pleasure and rank and wealth alike, is meaningle

05.20.2010| The Fish Tank | Anne L. Goetz

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Jesus' Surprise Fish Fry Breakfast

Jesus’ Surprise Fish Fry Breakfast

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin) Nathanael of Cana in Galileee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them,"I am going fishing"

04.10.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang

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On College Christian ecumenism

Let me preface these thoughts by saying that I came back to Christian faith in a college Christian community and have been shown intense love over the past few years. And so it is with an equal love that I hope to think about some problems in how campus Christian fellowships relate to other Christia

01.4.2010| The Fish Tank | Samir Paul

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5 Things Christianity Isn’t About

1.  Christianity isn't about believing things for no reason. American Christians have a pernicious tendency to characterize faith as belief without evidence or reason.  Of course Christian faith isn’t about believing things without evidence or reason.  If it were, Christians would be mad –

11.16.2009| The Fish Tank | Cameron D. Kirk-Giannini

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