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...
Reframing climate change
The 2020s could be the most important decade in human history. A recent report from the...
White allies, stop using ‘privilege’ as a silencer
Editor’s note: The original title of this piece was “Stop using ‘privilege’ as a...
The Latinx SST Experience
The Study-Service Term program has received a lot of attention this year as Goshen College...
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