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Continue reading →: ATLAS// gracious courage, gracious God.
written by Samantha Sali “I need help.” I said nervously, sweat puddling in the palms of my hands. “I…I need…” The words were stuck in the back of my throat. My brain was spasming, my heart was beating twice as fast, and I felt like I ate an elephant for…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// rescued.written by Morgan Baker “Broken, ugly, alone, invisible, rejected, never enough.” Any of these words ring a bell? How about questions, statements, thoughts… “Will I ever be enough? Will this pain ever go away? Why doesn’t he love me? Will anyone ever love me? I am worthless, talentless, and insignificant.…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// count it joy.written by Kate Metz Oman “I remember two things: that I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior” -John Newton My name is Kate Metz Oman and I’m 21 years old. When I was 19, I found out I was pregnant with my son and began…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// pride.Hi, I’m Nicole! (but you can call me Prideful.) Over the past two years, I’ve done some incredible things. I interned for my favorite nonprofit, I lived in my favorite city for almost a year, I made some of the best friends I could have ever wanted, I moved to…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// it is finished.written by Paige Baker The future scares me. School, friends, finding someone to be with, and making sure that all of these choices are the right ones for us. Do I belong here? Will this be my niche? It can get pretty scary if we do not have things aligned…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// silent answers + mountain peeks.Even after the feeling starts trickling back into your fingertips, you can’t help but wonder. Lord, why did you even let me love him to begin with? Why did you even bring me to this height if I’m not to see victory? Why did you even place a child in…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// deepest sorrow.
later that night I held the atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere. – Warsan Shire The worst part is feeling your body giving up while your insides are screaming & demanding it keep going.…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// an unquenchable fire.written by: Dayna Sammartino I woke up in a daze with you standing there You smiled goodnight and I began to dream You come and go like the leaves of autumn, yet your scent remains locked in my skin You tricked me into breathing and seeing the universe through the…
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Continue reading →: ATLAS// girl with a grip.When I think of an atlas, I always imagine the picture of that girl. & though you may have no idea who the girl is I am talking about, I feel sure you’ll recall the scene if I just describe it to you. Here is me jogging your memory. Atlas…
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Continue reading →: ATLASMost days come with the same revelation as the summer time heat. There’s the awakening to the sun’s warm hug, leaping through your window & the day’s concluding that the sun no longer lives outside your window; it has broken into your home, flooding the rooms with a muggy, suffocating…






