July 6, 2015 / Praxis
A college intern interviews torture survivors for the United Nations in a refugee camp and finds herself struggling with secondary trauma.
Stina Kielsmeier-Cook
July 6, 2015 / Praxis
July 6, 2015 / Praxis
Issue 24: Geography
In this issue of The Other Journal, we seek to further explore and understand this deeply woven connection between our locations and our lives, between our land and our souls. The essays, artwork, and poetry in this issue consider this primitive and intimate connection. From snuffling bears in the Northwest backcountry to the magic of twinkling lights on California palms, from the cathedrals of Wales to the hardwood forests of Shenandoah and the trash-covered banks of Corpus Christi Bay, from contemporary bioregional praxis and the practice of reinhabitation to Saint Justin Martyr and the kingdom of God, we investigate the many and multifaceted ways that geography gives shape and content to our lives. And we especially hope to illuminate the broken places, for as Andrew Arndt says, “wherever there is pain, wherever there is struggle, wherever there is brokenness and hurt, wherever there is conflict, wherever there is paradox, wherever there is contradiction and chaos, wherever the human struggle for integration and wholeness is present, those are the places God is present and calling us.”
Kristin Brace
March 19, 2015 / Creative Writing
March 19, 2015 / Creative Writing
A sideways memory leads the speaker back to a time of rich experience and unexplored possibilities.
Alissa Herbaly Coons
March 15, 2015 / Creative Writing
March 15, 2015 / Creative Writing
Alissa Herbaly Coons makes a new home with her young family in Australia.
Kristin Brace
March 12, 2015 / Creative Writing
March 12, 2015 / Creative Writing
The lake breathes and you feel at home in its lungs.
Ann Fitzmaurice
March 5, 2015 / Creative Writing
March 5, 2015 / Creative Writing
One woman’s adventure to camp across the United States with a tent and a sleeping bag and a purpose to be wide open.
Taylor Brorby
February 26, 2015 / Creative Writing
February 26, 2015 / Creative Writing
A man climbs buttes in western North Dakota, wondering if he’s a force of good or evil.
Julie Canlis
February 24, 2015 / Theology
February 24, 2015 / Theology
As I learned while traveling across England and Wales, pilgrimage, by its very nature, takes time and place. Pilgrimage honors the fact that our bodies participate in our redemption.