The Opposition of Patriarchy
By Makenzie Halbert We did it; we broke the ice and we talked about feminism. How are you doing? We threw a lot at you last month, and I apologize […]
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April Edition: Letter from the Editor
The semester is nearing its end and here I address you as editor for the last time. I write my last message to you with mixed feelings. I am graduating […]
Get Active
By Amy Simmons We see ourselves falling, we see the church fading away saint by saint, and we sit back and get angry. We get mad that things don’t fit […]
Family Art
By Matthew Howen The family art is a mysterious one but it is by far the most common. What has anyone to do with art? Everything. From our birth we […]
Faith and Culture Writers Conference: Making a New Way in the Wilderness with Words
By Cornelia Becker Seigneur It is an honor to bring the Faith & Culture Writers Conference to Multnomah University on April 5 and 6, 2013 (http://faithandculturewriters.com/home/) As an adjunct professor […]
The Value of Abstract Art
By Ethan Knudson The above Rockwell painting (Norman Rockwell “Abstract and Concrete” 1963) masterfully depicts a common perception of abstract art. The man gazes at the painting and, though only […]
Breakfast with Beau: Fried Egg I’m In Love
By Beau Stumberg Portland has many unique eateries and restaurants. From Ethiopian to Japanese and beyond, there seems to be no end to the variety of food that our city […]
A Time to Embrace pt. 3
Parts 1 and 2 of Laura’s story can be found in the February and March editions of Muse By Laura Griffith Rock harmonies and cigarette smoke floated out the open […]
A Call for Response
By Beau Stumberg Sometimes I get a feeling deep in my gut: it overflows into my mind and makes its way into the tips of my fingers. This feeling is […]
Speak.
By Makenzie Halbert I will never forget the feeling I was overcome with as I sat in a creative writing class two years ago at Multnomah. We were reading Franz […]
Nine Years: Changes at Multnomah and why I’m not crying…too hard.
By Lisa Hezmalhalch I’ve been at Multnomah now for a little over nine years. For some of you, that sounds like an eternity compared to only being here for one […]
The Essence of Beauty
By Quincy Robinson When many of us think of beauty it is almost impossible not to attach the thought to the well known aphorism: “beauty is in the eye of […]
3B: Danae Cowan for Vice President
By Danae Cowan I am Danae Cowan, and running for office was a new idea for Quincy Robinson and me, so when we were both approached separately about the idea, […]
The F-Word: I’m a Feminist and So Are You
By Amy Simmons The sound of it makes us nervous. We treat it as vulgar at best. Churches don’t like it, and your parents certainly don’t want to hear it. […]
Thomas Wilson’s Response to “The Lost Art of Logic”
[In response to the feature article of the February edition, "The Lost Art of Logic", by Quincy Robinson] by Thomas Wilson In his article, Quincy Robinson says this: “reject postmodern […]
Koby Krikac’s Response to “The Lost Art of Logic”
[In response to the feature article of the February edition, "The Lost Art of Logic", by Quincy Robinson] By Koby Krikac Logic, in the way that humans use it, is […]
A Community of Peace
By Austin Way Earlier this month, Arkansas’ Senate and House passed–with bipartisan support–legislation named The Church Protection Act. This bill would allow individual places of worship to decide whether or […]
Safety We All Need, But Not All Of Us Have
By Matthew Howen It was only after a friend of mine told me he was gay that I started to care about homosexuality. Of course I knew what I thought […]
Letter from the Editor: March Edition
It may be the case that I am alone in this, but I find this point in the spring semester to always be a bit difficult. We live in a […]
Refugees to Citizens
A response to Multnomah’s Global Ministries Conference by Makenzie Halbert A few weeks ago Multnomah held its annual Global Ministries Conference. At the conference there are various workshops to attend […]
