Feb 26, 2026 | By Analise Pickerrell UT Austin ‘26

"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth". - Ecclesiastes 7:4

How strange it is to be in a room full of people chanting about their depravity. 

There’s a 1957 Swedish film called “The Seventh Seal.” Among other things, it’s about a knight and his struggle with faith and human mortality. I’ve forgotten much about it, but one scene sticks out in particular. A horde of religious zealots trudge through the streets of a village infested with the bubonic plague. In their hands, they brandish whips and flagellate themselves while chanting “Dies Irae.” Day of Wrath. 

Feb 25, 2026 | By Aalia Holt SY ‘27

Most evangelistic movements and apologetics focus on how to be certain in our paths — how to know that our faith is true. Yet, I am not convinced we even know ourselves. In high school, I painted a picture of a window. Each window pane represented a quadrant of self-perception or lack thereof, illustrating a psychology model called The Johari Window. One quadrant is the area of self that is not externally observable nor internally disclosed. Here I wrote, “Only God knows.” Humankind walks around in ignorance of the internal. Psychologists may call it the unconscious, statistical analysts could call it the unpredictable. There will always be questions unanswered, and it seems to me that the only certainty in life comes from trust in our God.

Feb 24, 2026 | By Raleigh Adams YDS ‘26

I didn’t go analog because I hate technology. I didn’t go analog because I think the past was purer, slower, or morally superior.

I went analog because something was wrong with my relationship to time.

Nothing dramatic or diagnosable. Nothing that would have shown up on a productivity chart. I was functioning. I was producing. I was responsive. I was, by every external measure, doing fine.

But I could no longer wait.

Feb 23, 2026 | By Hannah McAnally - UT Austin

During the season of Lent, people often abstain from certain foods, drinks, or activities. In place of the item, observers use the time to focus more fully on Christ. But what exactly is Lent?

One origin of the word lent is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘lencten,’ which means spring. Another origin of the word is the Germanic word ‘langitinaz,’ meaning long days.

Feb 22, 2026 | By Hannah Joy Legatowicz UT Austin ‘27

I give a little, it means nothing.

You give nothing, it means a little.

I give you a little, yet you smile—

How can someone with nothing

Afford to give even a smile?

Feb 21, 2026 | By Raleigh Adams YDS ’26

"Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does.”

– The Secret History, Donna Tartt