Table of Contents Letter from the Editor | Currents Spring 2021 Visualizer: Where do you Draw Your Strength From? Clinging to Hope: How Students Overcome Disappointment More Than a Wish Your Heart Makes: Dreams & Their Significance Chalk by D’Artagnon Fulton Only in a Memory by Sam Nolan Defining the Undefinable Callie Mechelke Uses Music […]
Spring 2021: Beauty From Ashes
Letter from the Editor | Currents Spring 2021
Editor-in-Chief Lindsey Sullivan shares her inspirations behind the Currents Spring 2021 edition “Beauty from Ashes.”
Visualizer: Where do you Draw Your Strength From?
Ronald Highfield, professor of Religion, shares how his faith gives him strength.
Clinging to Hope: How Students Overcome Disappointment
The past year has been full of disappointments, but students said the hardships they faced taught them valuable life lessons. Even though setbacks are inevitable, it is possible to find good in the midst of pain.
More Than a Wish Your Heart Makes: Dreams & Their Significance
Every human being dreams while asleep — but what do dreams mean? Depending on who is asked, dreams have many different meanings across cultures, professions and religions.
Chalk by D’Artagnon Fulton
A poem from the Currents Spring 2021 Creative Writing Competition.
Only in a Memory by Sam Nolan
A poem from the Currents Spring 2021 Creative Writing Competition.
Defining the Undefinable
Everyone finds beauty in something that another may not. From nature to art to humans, the famous saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is true.
Callie Mechelke Uses Music to Convey Emotion and Connect With Others
Singer-songwriter Callie Mechelke uses music as a form of catharsis to overcome heartbreak and release emotions. Mechelke has written about a variety of topics, ranging from past romantic relationships to her faith in God.
“God is a Healer”: Kim Yeung Finds Deeper Identity in Christ after Tennis Injury
Alumna Kim Yeung was on track to play college tennis until one injury changed everything. Yeung learned that healing can mean many different things, ultimately finding her calling in ministry.
