suicide

Heidi Turner looks for redemption and familial grace in community and church failure.

Peter Herman’s depression helps him nurture empathy and compassion with those who suffer most under a racist regime.

D. L. Mayfield explores her personal experiences of American inequality and considers what social justice might really looks like.

An essay that uses two recent Seattle Art Museum exhibits to compare Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, and Kurt Cobain and to reflect on the nature of celebrity.

A poem by Timothy E. Bartel.

Eric Severson explores the neglected day of Christianity’s Holy Saturday by way of Plato’s concept of khora, offering a perspective on Sabbath that includes the darkness and despair of the “middle day.”

This essay advocates a biblical emphasis on life promotion and suicide prevention as freedom from a fatalistic and tragic life, especially in contrast to the ancient Greek fascination with death and suicide.