When it’s warm outside, my family likes to eat dinner on our back patio. One night near the end of this past summer, we were doing just that. I had recently developed a fascination with pruning our overgrown plants and was looking at them, planning to continue in the morning. Then one of us, I …
Here’s a little sketch from an idea I had in my Foundation of Christian Thought class. We’re talking about different worldviews, so I thought I’d try a little allegorical scene with some of the different ones. Those included here are Christian Theism, Pantheism, Agnosticism, Secular Humanism, and Atheistic Existentialism. _____________________ “Your usefulness is up. Doug, …
Sorry for the slight inconsistency in my posting recently. School’s been getting crazy as Easter Break approaches—but break is next week, so I’ll hopefully return to my regular blog scheduling then (i.e. new posts on Sundays and Wednesdays). This is admittedly a couple days late, but I wanted to take some time to think about …
If I was to classify myself as a fangirl of some real (or maybe fictional?) historical figure, I would without a doubt say I am a fangirl of Robin Hood. There is something about that rebel archer who defends the oppressed and gives hope to the hopeless that I just cannot resist. As a child, …
When I was in fourth grade, for the first couple months of school, my teacher thought my name was Brittany Wrangler (instead of Bethany Wangler). When she finally realized her mistake (I was super super quiet back then, so it took a while), we all laughed and for the rest of the year, when anything …
Hello all. Sorry, there’s no super deep or not-so-deep thought for you today. Instead, I’m asking you (again) for your help, this time for a friend of mine. If you would, please vote for my friend Danny McCook, who made a remix of Switchfoot’s song “Afterlife” for a competition. Here’s the link: http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/a848cc65414d007118c8629e684dd8c9/483 Thanks for …
Lessons Learned Last August saw the beginning of the fulfillment of a four-year dream. That dream was to attend Biola University, a Christian college in southern California. On the road there, at times that dream seemed unattainable, and at times nothing more than a foolish fantasy, but in the end, it became reality. It was …
In my science class, we were learning about the movement of tectonic plates, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and how rocks are formed. In one class, I was overwhelmed at God’s power to do these things so easily, creativity to make the world in this way, and love to build the world so carefully for us to live …
Fear: “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined” (Dictionary.com). Fear is one of the strongest emotions. The strength of fear fuels the horror genre of film and literature in this present time when entertainment thrives off of the emotional. Most people will probably remember the …
Dear readers, I find myself in a new situation–not that that occurs so infrequently; new situations happen all the time. The difference is that in this situation, you can help me! I am considering submitting a story to my school’s Creative Arts Journal. As I have never submitted a story to a school journal–or …