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About six generations ago, my ancestors crossed the Atlantic from Ireland to Philadelphia. Well over a century later on Saint Patrick’s Day, I cannot stop wondering about my great-great-great grandparents. Only in the past few months have I realized the privilege I have to know from where my ancestors came. Being African-Americans descended from slaves,…
Read MoreGod is moving. He is moving and shaking in physical ways. He is knocking at the hearts of Christians in Wheaton, willing them to a joyful life in His presence. I attend College Church, a Biblically-grounded church ten minutes walk from my dorm. The congregation is large, to say the least, and it is unfortunately…
Read Moreby Katelyn Skye Bennett You enter the Office of Multicultural Development and see a blue-green head of hair on a girl in a scooter. Her laughter reaches your ears. Who is this joy, you ask? She is 19 year old Iliana Rivera, my roommate. Why is she in a scooter? She has Myasthenia Gravis; she…
Read MoreI am different now from the girl I once was. That girl sipped tea and watched the sunrise as she read her Bible and wrote poetry. This woman wears business casual. She is confined by her busy life and takes no time to relax, little for her Creator. This woman remembers the girl from before.…
Read More“She has great worth, and he saw that in her.” My best friend Annabelle’s mom spoke this about one of her daughter’s best friends and that girl’s boyfriend, but I immediately thought, “Someday somebody will say that about me.” This summer I have been learning that I have worth, value, and beauty. God used my…
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