I think that I’ve become a militant vegetarian overnight. Excluding meat from my diet is not what is new for me; I started experimenting with vegetarianism in the spring of 2007, and I’ve been what you might call “strict” since February of 2008. What is new is an evangelizing attitude that I have developed, a habit of spouting my vegetarian manifesto in various social and … Continue reading To Meat or Not to Meat

Last week, Susan Kranz shared her thoughts and questions about Faith on campus. As a CII student, my experience at Gustavus rings of a similar perplexity. In Biblical Studies (aka the Bible for CII), I was shocked at the questions my classmates and I were vocalizing—things I had assumed true or false based on my experiences at home. My dad is the pastor of my … Continue reading Faith at Gustavus: the dialogue

“It’s senior year. You have to … ” At this point in the school year, it seems as if this line can make any senior do whatever you want them to. As we all start realizing that graduation is just a short time away (thanks Gustavus for the constant reminders… 72 days is the current countdown) and the college life is slipping through our fingers, … Continue reading It’s senior year

We prepare to shift all the time; on the roads, waiting in line, while playing sports, or if you’re like me and pretty tall, you have to prepare to change directions while walking (if you don’t shift your weight, you lose your balance in the turn and look like a tumbling oaf). There are bigger things we have to prepare for too, like when we … Continue reading Preparing to shift