God’s grace To most of you, the story of Jonah is not new; it’s a kid’s story, right? I disagree. Just because we teach it to kids doesn’t make it a story just for kids. The story of Jonah is such a comforting and beautiful story that shows us how gracious God truly is. For those who don’t know the general structure of Jonah, Jonah gets called by God to go to a big city called Nineveh, but instead Jonah goes to Tarshish. Jonah flees from what God has told him to do, but God graciously provides a way back through a storm that almost tears up the boat. This finds Jonah in the water to save the other passengers. Once there, Jonah gets...

Author’s note: This is specifically written in an evolving juvenile manner to reflect how younger cancer patients have no idea they are dying, let alone sick, yet are going through all of this pain and sickness and can’t physically comprehend the concept of death   Day 1:  I was sitting in my dinner chair, eating my pasghetti, when I started coughing a lot. I didn't like it. I had been doing it a lot lately. Except, this time, it felt very bad. The inside of my neck started hurting, and the pasghetti sauce was coming out of my mouth when I coughed.  Day 2:  I woke up the next morning and Mama and Daddy took...

The city of Dionysia groaned with misery. Its maze of cobblestone streets and alleyways was perpetually cloaked in a dreary haze. The city exuded a mournful symphony of decay, occasionally punctuated by the sudden splash of the canals. They wound like bloodshot veins carved into the city’s spine, their waters mirroring the array of crumbling townhouses that decorated the streets like faded stamps on a postcard. As twilight approached, the last remains of sunshine were choked by darkness's sudden burst of violence. Gas lamps flickered lazily, casting stretches of light that strengthened the sun's fragile glow.   Lucius slithered through the...