Reflections

Reflections are meditations and stories, often in memoir style, of women's lives as they seek to follow Christ in the academy and professions. Reflections include insights into God's faithfulness to women in the midst of academic and professional life.

Reflections
November 27, 2011
By Sharon Gartland
Advent: God's Invitations

Calling advent “a very female season,” Sharon Gartland considers how we hear and respond to God’s invitations.

Reflections
October 23, 2011
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
Rock Polishing

Nikki Toyama-Szeto wonders why we as Christians try to look like well-polished specimens rather than enter the rock-tumbler that might actually reveal — and heal — our flaws.

Reflections
September 30, 2011
By Angie Crea O'Neal
Opals

English professor Angie Crea O’Neal considers the mysteries of the opal, her October birthstone, in this creative non-fiction reflection for The Well.

Reflections
September 14, 2011
By Christine Jeske
I'll Be Singing

Returning to graduate school and overwhelmed with the added responsibilities of being a spouse, parent, and homeowner, Chrissy Jeske found encouragement in an unexpected place.

Reflections
September 01, 2011
By Carmen Acevedo Butcher
Hide-and-Seek God

Do you experience the joy of God’s playfulness? Carmen Acevedo Butcher finds evidence of it in the literature she studies and in her life.

Reflections
July 29, 2011
By Kathy Tuan-MacLean
The Little Way

Grad faculty staff Kathy Tuan-MacLean considers if we are really to bring good news to the academy, perhaps we needed to embody the opposite.

Reflections
July 26, 2011
By Priscilla Lasmarias Kelso
Home - The Heart's Deep Longing

Where is home? For writer Priscilla Lasmarias Kelso, having lived in several countries, the question is real. But the question and the longing for a permanent address apply to us all.

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