rebelling against low expectations
Leaves are changing, coffee shops smell of pumpkin, and midterms are coming. It’s my first semester living on campus at my university, and I’m taking advantage of Fall Break to rest and reset from the whirlwind. Maybe you’re approaching the halfway point of your semester, too, and maybe it’s your first time living out of your parents’ immediate guidance. If so, consider taking even half an hour...
Listen, Christian. You know that this festive season, for all its glitter, has a center that shines more brightly still. Each Sunday you sit in church hearing the familiar tale, whether dressed in eloquent implications or described with dirt and straw and the warm breath of livestock. Every Christmas Eve you stand in the circle of saints, and maybe for a moment the people around you are...
NOTE: While we don’t normally publish poems on The Rebelution, we made an exception for Esther. She writes about a common struggle for rebelutionaries — weariness. She writes about tiredness, brokenness. But she reflects on these things with such gentleness, happiness, and compassion that her poem is refreshingly redemptive. If you’re weary today, soak in these truths. –...
rebelling against low expectations
