In A Bizarre Turn Of Events...

By Mallory

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” (Proverbs 16:9, NIV)

You know how the plot of a good story in literature (or movies, I guess) seems to work out just so? As intricate as the plot is, the author manages to get the timing perfect. In the end, the whole story makes sense and it all ends in this perfect cadence.

Sometimes I wonder if our lives are kind of like that.

I’m not sure how I ended up at Wheaton College. First of all, it wasn’t a school I wanted to even go to. At all. (Looking back, I don’t know why.) Wheaton College, in the briefest summary possible, is a small (2500 students), non-denominational Christian, liberal arts college that’s about 780 miles away from home. More often than not, this feels like 780 thousand miles away from home. During my first year of school, I was part of Wheaton’s Conservatory of Music, or, as it is annoyingly but affectionately known, the Conserve.

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Is God There?

By Mallory

At the college I attend, we have chapel three times a week. One of our recent chapel speakers talked about the struggle of understanding God's existence. In an anecdote he told, two men fishing were in a lake and discussing the existence of God. One of the fishermen pointed out that everyone knows fish exist in the lake even though you don’t see them. And then a fish hopped around in the water and the fishermen were like, “Ooooh, God is real! This actually isn’t a complicated philosophical discussion topic that people have always struggled to understand!” And so, because of this story, you know the “Fish” exists even though you can't always see the “Fish” or it you don’t necessarily see it every time you look for it (Get it? Get it?).

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My Personal Struggle To De-callous My Life

By Mallory

So I don't know about you, but my feet are kind of gross. Since it's summertime and my feet are getting a lot more time out in public, spending a little clean-up time on them is a must. For me, it's callouses on the bottoms of my feet that I'm constantly trying to scrub off. I have some foot lotion from Bath and Body Works that I'm pretty sure is magical. (Heel of Approval--I recommend buying it on sale.)

While I’m being honest, I have to confess that my heart is sometimes calloused, too. You know what I mean? I think that sometimes it’s really easy to become hardened by things that hurt us. Right now I'm talking specifically about hurtful situations between people. It's so easy to hate someone who hurt or rejected you.

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Baby Dolls Or Real Women?

By Mallory

Right now I'd like to take a moment to discuss what's going on with women's clothing. I could rant about immodest clothing (because Christians like to talk about this) or leggings-as-pants (because it's gross), but I don't think either of these things really pinpoint what's bothering me about what they're trying to sell us this year. The “baby doll” look is in (which apparently means very short dresses and skirts.) Don't get me wrong -these clothes are really cute. And stores (particularly ones selling to younger women, like Forever 21, H&M, etc.) are selling baby doll dresses like they're going out of style. And I really, really hope they are.

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Boundless: Faith For The Man He'll Become

By MAD21

Carolyn McCulley wrote a fabulous article for Boundless Webzine called, "Faith For The Man He'll Become." She gives great insight for those who are looking for 'the one' they will marry. It's an interesting perspective on how you should be approaching the dating scene. She discusses mainly two important things.

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