Apr 1, 2026 | By Sydney Scheller BR ‘26

I would like to offer an alternative chief virtue for Lent: attentiveness.

Our word for ‘virtue’ does indeed come from the Latin word ‘vir’, which evolved into ‘virtus.’ This ancestor for our word ‘virtue’ is used in two different ways in the Latin Vulgate Bible: one describes power, normally the power of God specifically. This option is the Latin translation of the Greek ‘δύναμις’ (dynamis), which corresponds to the previous piece’s reading of ‘virtus’ (Cor 12:9, Luke 1:35, Luke 5:17, Luke 6:19). However, there is another use of ‘virtus’ in the Latin Vulgate bible, one that more closely aligns with what we mean now when we refer to virtue. In Greek, this word is ἀρετή, arete, which refers to action-oriented excellence and fulfilling the purpose of man (Philippians 4, Peter 1, and Peter 2).

Apr 1, 2026 | By Isaac Oberman DC ‘26

The mindset one has towards Lent can drastically change the experience of the season. How we define the purpose of this time in the church calendar shapes the modus operandi of an individual’s disposition, actions, and relations, which in turn strengthens the believer’s spiritual health. It is to this extent that I seek to define the chief virtue of the Lenten season as obedience. 

Mar 31, 2026 | By Bailey Inglish UT Austin ‘27

A panopticon is a peculiar sort of structure—one in which a single observer is capable of watching a great multitude of human subjects. Introduced in the 18th century, this form of monitoring is most often imagined as a guard-prisoner relationship, but also in some other contexts, perhaps less antagonistically, could be framed as an instructor-pupil or doctor-patient interaction as well.

Mar 29, 2026 | By Yurim Jin MY ‘28

I used to have this obsession with the question of why. Why did God create Adam first, not Eve? If God so loves the world, why do so many die from hunger? Why do people commit murder without any guilt? I would go up to the pastor with a long list of things that didn’t make sense to me in the Bible and spend hours in his office (Now looking back, I’m amazed and grateful for his patience and love). I wanted to understand everything without even a hint of ambiguity.

Mar 28, 2026 | By Nicolas Wyszkowski MY ‘26

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” — Psalm 8:4, NIV

Mar 27, 2026 | By Jack Ludwick GH ‘28

While the Lenten season is traditionally understood as a time of reflection, repentance, and reconciliation, this season also reveals a deeper grace - the universal call of Christian fellowship.