Kyren adjusted her pendant so that the beam of light emanating from it illuminated the paper in her worn, leatherbound notebook. "Day 52. The darkness is all-consuming. Do I even remember what light looks like? Thank God for these pendants—but even they seem to be weakening after all this time in the deep. Still, we [...]

While I was reading Psalm 55 the other day, I was reminded of sixth grade. Most days, I did not want to go to school. I was a lot smaller that a lot of my classmates, and the hallways were packed full. As I struggled up the stairs in the current of backpacks, I often [...]