Are we waiting around for a big house in heaven?

By |2017-07-27T16:31:48-05:00February 10th, 2017|Blog|

When you spend a lot of time on music blogs and hang out with snobby music fans, you frequently broach the same controversial topic: What’s the worst song of all time?

Nickelback’s catalog is always a safe choice. So is Creed’s, seeing as they’re just Nickelback but 10 years older and less self-aware. Some staunch rock purists elect something from Justin Bieber’s […]

20 Quotes from God’s Need and God’s Goal

By |2019-08-05T22:00:44-05:00February 2nd, 2017|Blog, Reading|

This last winter break (2016-2017) CSOC read a book called God’s Need and God’s Goal. It is a short but powerful presentation of what God is doing in this universe and how He is doing it in our lives. For an overview of the main thought of the book read here. For a longer review by one of our staff […]

Aliens and Strangers on Earth

By |2017-07-27T16:29:29-05:00December 9th, 2016|Blog|

We Are Aliens

When I was born, I was a chubby toe-head of a baby. To be frank I was undeniably adorable. I’m surprised no one sold me to Disney. My parents were frequent watchers of the Sci-Fi network, and one day they were watching a show where the main characters discovered extraterrestrials. There were these alien that looked just like me; […]

It matters to Him

By |2017-07-27T16:30:27-05:00December 1st, 2016|Blog|

As the semester is winding down, I’ve realized that I’ve become this ferocious whirlwind of activity, and not in a particularly productive way. There’s just so much to do. Finish that Spanish assignment. Pay my roommate for the water bill. Get to work on time. Go take my Health test. Wait, did I remember to pay my roommate for the water […]

Living in the tension of the times

By |2017-07-27T16:31:15-05:00November 18th, 2016|Blog|

I woke up last Wednesday with a headache that refuses to leave.

Chalk it up to post-election trauma—and not just because of who won. Come the night of Nov. 8, it didn’t really matter who emerged victorious; the scandals, the sensationalism and the flurry of insults from all parties turned my stomach into a cauldron of dread threatening to bubble out of […]

God in the Shark Tank

By |2017-07-27T16:32:57-05:00October 20th, 2016|Blog|

You plunge headfirst into a tank of ice-cold water. Disoriented, you flail underwater until you finally manage to upright yourself and open your eyes. The first thing you see is a great white shark racing toward you, fins angled back, razor-sharp teeth glimmering.

We’ve all seen enough movies to know what happens next in this scenario. But what if, when the shark […]

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