In Which Andrew re-injures his Ankle, Goats are milked, and Everyone Gets Really Really Sweaty

There’s a particular kind of community born of shared sunburns and sweat. It sounds like breathless conversations between the labored inhalations of a hiker. It feels…

Imagining Others Complexly

“Let me tell you what is, in my opinion, the central problem of human…

Bethlehem: Life Lived Between Call to Prayer and Church Bells [Eva Pauley]

Borders, Bungalows, and Bugs

In which the eighth plague returns, profiling occurs, and Andrew learns about filming rules in Security Zones

Crystalized Beaches, Illegal Water Falls, and Suicidal Zealots

Jesus Trail: Three Days, Thirty-Five Miles (and a Detour or two..)

Three Days, Thirty-Five Miles, way more renditions of the Titanic song then my classmates might have liked, and we have finally completed our Jesus trail journey. Most of us are sore, many are still sick, and all…

The American Road Trip and Palestine

By Andrew Olson

I’ve Wrestled Jerusalem…With My Misfits

A poem in two parts

I’ve Wrestled Jerusalem

From the Desert, I called my WIJITS…

The WIJITs take a week of adventure, reflection, and rest

No Hiding: Thoughts on Community Living

By Heidi Pullmann