
The 1,000-song Challenge
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of “Outliers,” says that to be a master at something you need 10,...

Finding faith through relationships
I didn’t come from a very strong faith background. Even though I went to church occasionally, I...

Being Present With Pain, Normalizing Pleasure, and Mastering the Art of Resilience
Palms resting against the surface of a gentle stream, dancing, embracing a loved one, a home cooked...

Valentine’s Day is for all kinds of love—not just romantic.
I love love. I love all types of love. One time in high school, my best friend and I laid out all of...

Living in the middle
It hit me like an anvil being dropped from 15 stories above. I was told I wasn’t black enough...

Are Mennonite institutions really practicing diversity?
Going to a Mennonite school today is not like it was 50 years ago, when nearly everyone at a...

Thoughts about the Gillette razor commercial
On Jan. 13, Gillette published a commercial that included references to movements like #MeToo and...

Dead Souls
What is the spring from whence our sorrows flow? A foreigner hurts from trying to fit in and...

The Untold Potential of High School Friendships
Not worth your time. Once you enter college, your high school friends will have no more...
The Rotten Tomatoes problem
I want you to think about the last time you wanted to know what other people thought of a movie you...

Adopting a new way to love
Out of the three of us children, I’m the only one my parents didn’t handpick. From the moment...

3 ways to identify a ‘snowflake’
Trigger warning: opinions Snowflake: “a small, feathery ice crystal, displaying delicate sixfold...

From a Focus on Anger to a Focus on Love
I know The Record has seen a lot of my face in recent weeks. Sorry about that. I’ve been busy....

Building a structure with room for everyone
Masonry is a trade defined as “the building of structures from individual units, which are...

Why Global Experiential Learning is Good for Everyone’s Education
Over fall break, I went to Haiti where my GC-alum son and his family work for Mennonite Central...
Spring 2025Opinion Staff
Opinion Editors

Josiah Miller jrmiller@goshen.edu

Carmen Merino camerino@goshen.edu