Till We Have Faces: Work and Identity Beyond the Penn Face

How C.S. Lewis’s forgotten masterpiece reveals the cost of living behind perfection and the freedom of finally facing ourselves. I’m sure most Penn students feel inundated with talk about Penn Face by now. Endless panels, wellness seminars, and workshops on the topic have made it almost more myth than menace; a familiar ghost we’ve learnedContinue reading “Till We Have Faces: Work and Identity Beyond the Penn Face”

Presence over Presents: Let The Rush Cease This Christmas

Christmas preparation often gets a bad rap. Some quotes that I found include Maya Angelou: “You can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” [1] Cassandra Clare writes, “Waiting for a special occasion to kill me? Christmas isContinue reading “Presence over Presents: Let The Rush Cease This Christmas”

Finding Extraordinary Truth in Ordinary Activities

A Reflection on Luke 24:13-35 Luke 24:13-35 tells the story of the road to Emmaus, where Jesus walks alongside two disciples, but they don’t recognize him until he breaks bread—finding the divine in ordinary conversation and a simple meal. When I was young, I didn’t know the holiness of breaking bread with loved ones. IContinue reading “Finding Extraordinary Truth in Ordinary Activities”

I’m Christian and I watched KPop Demon Hunters—and You Should Too

This article contains heavy spoilers for the Netflix movie KPop Demon Hunters I’ve never heard my roommates create more noise than when we had a watchparty of the hit animated kids movie of the summer—KPop Demon Hunters. For half an hour after the film was over, we sang (and screamed) the movie’s soundtrack—the likes ofContinue reading “I’m Christian and I watched KPop Demon Hunters—and You Should Too”