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Under The Bridge - Vol. 5 (Spring 2026), Trinity Christian College

Under the Bridge

This Home - Wasco - 1 / Do You Want A Tree? - Honey - 5 / The Heart of a Troll - Majewski - 8 / Memory Map - Cohen - 11 / Am I True To My Words? - Post - 18 / Lukewarm - Enriquez - 22 / Bottled Memories - Hoffman - 23 / Darkness to Dependance -  Santostefano - 25 / Amor Eterno - Zuno - 30 / Growth - Suchorabski - 31 / I bruise easily - Heyboer - 33 / Solo Christo - Jamrozik - 35 / Banished - Clausing and Parsley - …

Openings, 2025, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Literary Arts: Where I'm From by Kaylee Santiago - 2 / Desk by Luke Rotman - 3 / A Final Word by Njoki Mukuria - 8 / there's no going back by Sam Nonhof - 9 / Oranges by ren amador - 11 / DESTINY vs. AGENCY by Chase Hadley - 13 / Freely Give, Freely Receive by Mia Musick - 17 / Like a Child by Kaylee M. Santiago - 20 / The Poetry of the Body by John Terpstra - 21 / Carl's Secret by Kaylee M. Santiago - 23 / My Father's Hair by John Terpstra - …

Under The Bridge - Vol. 5, Issue 1 (Spring 2024), Tim Hendrickson

Under the Bridge

Essays/Short Stories: Liam Curtin - The Fox and the Reaper - 6 / Lauren Wolters - The Woods - 20 / MJ Huizinga - What it Takes - 32 / Patrick Johnson - NICU AT NIGHT - 54 / Patrick Johnson - RAIN - 55 / Mary Honey - Someone Worth Fighting For - 58

Scientific Essays: Moriah Avila - Navigating the Ethical Maze of Genetic Manipulation - 62 / Brendan Covell - Navajo Creek Macroinvertebrate Research Essay - 66

Poetry: Adriana Klein - 4 Poems (The Mourning, Outcry, Beneath the Snow, GROW IN GRACE) - 76 / Letisha Banks …

Openings, Vol. 2 (2023), Bill Boerman-Cornell

Openings

Literary Arts: 6 - Dead as the Desert - Elizabeth Peterson / 18 - A DQ Love - Emilie Lindgren / 26 - Poem - Jayley Fairgreives / 28 - Sleeper - Jonah Mudlaff / 40 - When We See Ourselves Bleed - Njoki Mukuria / 42 - All the things you can do when you cut class - Dr. Sierra’s ENGL 356 Class / 44 - Ars Poetica - Trinity Curley / 45 - Control - Alyssa Kuehl

Visual Arts: Cover - Jonah Mudlaff - “Hopeful Future 2” / 17 - Viva La Vida - Karla Rosales / …

Openings, Vol. 3 (2023), Bill Boerman-Cornell

Openings

Literary Arts: 6 - Snuffed Out - Elizabeth Peterson / 20 - Fourth Reich - Nick Morrison / 30 - Found - Njoki Mukuria / 32 - Awake - Samantha Hoffman / 34 - Don’t Be Fooled - Njoki Mukuria / 42 - Ars Poetica - Abby Tillema / 44 - The Heart’s Lament - Alyssa Kuehl /

Visual Arts: 33 - Hopeful Future 2 - Jonah Mudlaff / 43 - Hopeful Future 1 - Jonah Mudlaff / Cover - Jonah Mudlaff - FLORA

Openings, Vol. 4 (2023), Bill Boerman-Cornell

Openings

Literary Arts: 6 - Into the Fog - Ava Kelly / 13 - Paloma - Abby Tillema / 24 - Ars Poetica - Trinity Curley / 25 - Control - Alyssa Kuehl / 26 - The Wind - Morgan Meinders / 28 - The Forest - Isabelle Neibert / 34 - Prose Poem - Trinity Curley / 35 - Icarus - Samantha Hoffman / 36 - Powerlines - Ren Amador / 37 - Phoebe and Natasha - Anonymous

Visual Arts: 12 - Obuelo’s Puerto Rico - Mia Diaz / 23 - Lalis y Ojitos - Mia Diaz / 33 - …

Openings, Vol. 1 (2023), Bill Boerman-Cornell

Openings

Literary Arts: 6 - Shuddering by the Fire - Bill Boerman-Cornell / 10 - Shimmer in the Glade - Elizabeth Peterson / 18 - Unknown Answers - Lauren Cox / 32 - The Power of a Hymn - Sarah Kroese / 34 - That Rat - Jonah Mudlaff / 38 - Taking Life, One Stride at a Time - Erica Nurczyk / 43 - The Monsters - Sarah Kroese / 44 - Untitled - Alyssa Kuehl

Visual Arts: 9 - Great Smoky Mountains - Deividas Taras / 17 - Strawberry Girl - Mia Diaz

Under The Bridge - Vol. 4, Issue 1 (Spring 2019), Tim Hendrickson

Under the Bridge

1 - Dr. Clay Carson - Convocation, 2018:

Our Shared Calling Special Section: 24 Hour Theatre

5 - James Beyer - Lucky Stars / 11 - Dr. Mark Peters - Group Work / 17 - Leah Taylor - The Old Man Who Never Slept

Poetry: 23 - Marissa Buhman - The Tangled Road of Art (Heart) / 24 - Alexis De Vries - November 15th / 25 - Alexis De Vries - Let’s Be Mermaids / 26 - Professor Christine Scholma - Stripped Down / 27 - Cassidy Buss - Fly on the Wall / 28 - Cassidy Buss - …

Under The Bridge - Vol. 3, Issue 2 (Spring 2018), Tim Hendrickson

Under the Bridge

Acknowledgements - 4

Special Section:Chapel Talks

Cathy Mayer - Be Still - 10 / Roberto Rosario - MLK Day Speech - 13

Special Section: The Stories Our Food Tell, Part III Aubrey Weedman - A Safe Haven in The Land of Kale and Juice Cleanses - 17 / Colin Stravers - Pizza Bread: A Twist on an Old Classic - 19 / Allyson Kranstz - Tradition is More Than Just for Family - 20

Nonfiction: Bethany Capp - Beauty in Death - 23 / Abby Wiegers - A Child’s Perspective - 25 / Ben Lashar - Batman’s Many Masks - …

Openings, 2018, Trinity Christian College

Openings

LITERATURE CONTENT: 1 - Running Away in Time for Dinner by Leah Taylor / 4 - Polar Opposites by Sarah Kliora / 12 - Waiting by Latifah Williams / 13 - For Good This Time by Kezia TenHaken 17 - Rude Recollections by Kailah Price / 28 - redemption by Bethany Dadisma 29 - Girl by Jessica Slinkman / 34 - In the Dusk of Addison and Leavitt Streets (one September night in traffic) by Curtis Taylor, In Memoriam

VISUAL CONTENT: Cover Photo by Pierce Cruz / 9 - Jade by Clarine Sukamto / 16 - Sweeties Don't do Sweets …

Under The Bridge - Vol. 3, Issue 1 (Fall 2017), Tim Hendrickson

Under the Bridge

Acknowledgements ii
Special Section: The Stories Our Foods Tell, Part II
Abby Wiegers - Grandma Z’s Brownies - 1 / Alyssa Mulligan - Christmas Cookies - 3 / Caleb DeWeerd - The DeWeerd Shrimp Boil: Uniting a Family One Tote at a Time - 5 / Emily Homman - We Made Them - 7
Special Section: 24 Hour Theatre
Ben Lashar - Hardboiled - 9
Adam Krestan - 32nd and Elizabeth - 19
Stephanie Rodriguez - Perfect First Draft - 25
Non-Fiction: Lydia Pelzer - Grace Bible Church Background - 35 / Lydia Pelzer - The Polish and British: Allies …

Under The Bridge - Vol. 2, Issue 2 (Spring 2017), Tim Hendrickson

Under the Bridge

Acknowledgements - ii / A Message From the Faculty Adviser  iii

Special Section: The Stories Our Foods Tell

Kate Meyrick - Reworking the Dough - 1 / Emily Lemmenes - Beer Brats: How Food Brings Families Together - 2 / Hannah Keating - Keating Potatoes: A Food To Connect Us - 4 / Shinhye Hwang - Janchi Guksu: The Noodle Dish - 6 / Brittany Dole -  Kugelis: Lithuanian Potato Pudding - 9 / Andrea Taylor - American Lumpia/Filipino Egg Roll - 10 / Ben Lashar - Lashar Cheesecake: Dessert for the Ages - 12

Non-Fiction: Terry Currin - Sacred …

Openings, 2017, Trinity Christian College

Openings

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 - Children's Hour by Mark Jones / 2 - Home by Jessica Slinkman / 4 - The Holy Sacrament of Campfires by Bill Boerman-Cornell / 9 - Catechism Class by John Terpstra / 12 - Dysphoria by Nina Hamilton / 15 - Brian by Alexander Kohrs / 40 - Better to be a Bird than a Fish by Matthew Koerner / 50 - Dawn: A Play in One Act by Esther Sullivan

Under The Bridge - Vol. 2, Issue 1 (Fall 2016), Tim Hendrickson

Under the Bridge

Acknowledgements - 2 / A Message From the Editors - 4 / An Opening Prayer - 5

Special Section—Election 2016

Jordan Ghiglia - Equanimity: A Christian Case for Gary Johnson -  9 / Ben Lashar - Why I Support Donald Trump -  12 / Tim Hendrickson - Clinton 2016: A Vote for the Perhaps Mediocre - 16

Non-Fiction: Dr. Shaniqua Jones - Chapter One, 1 Ingalls Drive -  18 / Laura G. Van Blaricom - In and Out of Madness -  23 / Eric Los, Dr. Abbie Schrotenboer, and CESAG - Getting Acquainted with Our Local Wildlife -  24 / …

Under The Bridge - Vol. 1, Issue 1 (2016), Tim Hendrickson

Under the Bridge

Acknowledgements - ii / A Message from the Editorial Team - iv / A Message from the Faculty Adviser: Dr. Mary Lynn Colosimo - Retirement Reflections: Things I Will and Won’t Miss After Almost 30 Years of Teaching at Trinity Christian College - 1
Featured Student Submission: Hannah Dykstra - From Shostakovich: Allegro non Troppo - 3
Non-Fiction: Callie Bunker - Sevilla: The Quintessence of Spain -  22 / Joshua Coldagelli - “My Name is Josh…and I am Single.” Confessions of a Happily Single Small Christian College Student  - 28 / A Former Student, One Who Wishes to Remain Anonymous …

Openings, 2015, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Literary Arts:  5 - Windowsill by Adam Krestan / 6 - In Silence I Sit by Jaclyn Feddes / 8 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Breaking Up by Anna Phillips / 11 - Night Bus by John Terpstra / 16 - Maybe Then (Explicit Catharsis) by B. S. Wegner / 18 - The Sacrament of Building Tree Forts by Bill Boerman-Cornell / 20 - Hearts In His Hands by Faith Lorenz / 26 - Chrysalis by Esther Sullivan / 27 - Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) by Jeff Tigchelaar / 29 - Zombie by Kylla Pate / …

Openings, 2014, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Literary Arts: 4 - Untitled by Prof. Aron Reppmann / 5 - Silence by Esther Sullivan / 6 - Grandpa Harry (1893-1982) by Bill Boerman-Cornell / 9 - Pull, Push by Samuel Fradette / 11 - You and Me by Ethan Holmes / 12 - A Report on Love and Wrestling by Jeff Tigchelaar / 14 - Interview with an English Professor by Anna Phillips / 17 - Wearing Pencils by John Terpstra / 20 - The Artist by Jaclyn Feddes / 23 - Wildfire by B. S. Wegner / 24 - Limbo by Mikhail Ferreria / 27 - North …

Openings, Spring 2013, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Visual Arts:  Infinitesimal by Sarah Jasperse - 3 / Greek Layouts by Melissa Conrad - 9 / Fruit Bowl by Jessica Timmermans - 12 / Vans Billboard by Danielle Truckenmiller - 16 / Spear Bearer and Aphrodite by Jonathan Engbers - 21

Literary Arts:  Conversations #1 (or planetary parallels) by Ethan Oliver Holmes - 1-2 / Luke by on composing a gospel by Bill Baerman-Cornell - 4-6 / Tiramisu by Vanessa Noonan - 6-8 / thoughts on a winter night by Sara Henreckson - 10 /  Journey to Heaven by Chad Westenbroek - 11 / A Picture is Worth a …

David Foster Wallace To The Rescue, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Openings, 2012, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Visual Arts: Drawing - Reflecting by Kaitlyn VanDellen - 3 / Graphic Design - Ubuntu by Karlie Monsma - 7 Manifest Destiny by Melissa Peterson - 15 / Painting - Sunset by Alissa VanderWilt - 6 / Photography - Clementine Blues by Anna Flier - Cover / Fotosharp by Melissa Conrad - 6 / Backflip by Brittany Rucin - 1O / Color Blind by Katherine Stachula - 11 / Foggy by Sarah Jasperse - 12-13 / Sleeping Roommate by Steve Martinez - 19 / If You Build It by They Will Come by Brady Davidson - 20-21 / Tattoo by …

Openings, 2011, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Poetry:  2 - Easter Pantoum by John Terpstra / 2 - My Mother's Garden by Camille Villegas / 2 - Slipping by Monica Brands / 3 - Gift from a Guide Dog by Kathy Nimmer / 5 - Something by Something Else by Marissa Carpenter / 11 - Punctuating your life's sentence at retirement (for Nelvia Brady). Dr.Aron Reppmann / 12 - Untitled by Vanessa Noonan / 13 - Nerve by Teryn Leaper / 14 - Fran by Natalia Wegrzyniak / 15 -Anorexia by Libby Dykstra / 16 - Bacon Raised by Jeff Tigchelaar / 17 - Gino by Erika …

Openings, Spring 2010, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Non-Fiction:  2 - Nicole Hill, Once More to the Cabin / B - Carrie Timmermans, Worn Hope / 12 - Galina Ivanova, Stories / 16 - Sarah Hoeksema, January

Poetry:  3 - Maribel Melendez, La Verdad Es Simple (The Truth Is Simple) / 4 - Bill Boerman-Cornell Grandpa Reading / 5 - Rebecca Kischkel, Power of Cymbals / 7 - Krista Mancini, Aristocracy in Denial / 10 - Kevin Kenealy, The Little Boy and His Chinese Dragon / 11 - Brittani Moore, Mother's Song / 11 - Deb Swets, Trapped in the Wrong Meter

Fiction: 6 - Russ Vitrano, Second …

Openings, Autumn 2008, Trinity Christian College

Openings

Piano by Danielle Barnes - Cover / Ginko by Ellen Gabrielse - 1 / Book of Leaves by Karl Gunst - 1 / Cottonball Clouds by Kara Eisenga - 1 / Layers by Kathy Nimmers - 2 / Withstanding in Grace by Sammi Weisfuss - 3 / Thy Word, Not Mine by Amanda J. Haan - 4 / Genesis by John Terpstra - 5 / Servant by Rebecca Vander Wilt - 5 / Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself by Allison Backous - 6 / Referee in Psychology by Pete Post - 7 / Phantom by Katelyn …

Mirror, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 1999), Trinity Christian College

Mirror

Editorial: tim horjus - 1

Art: carrie boekeloo - confinement - 14 / alysa buwalda - ugly pot - 13 / esther chang - chicago on rock - 24 / esther chang - wheel - 4 / peter clevering - retrospect - 9 / deb cremer - helix - 18 / daron dykema - unstruck - 5 / tim horjus - self portrait - 17 / tim horjus - untitled - 11 / chris pierik & tim horjus - accident of chaos - 2 / hillary reyenga - don't make me - 8 / hillary reyenga - she 1 - …

Mirror, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring 1998), Trinity Christian College

Mirror

Editorial: Kelly Verstrate - 5

Art: Jonathan Aguilar - Mother - 19 / Mark Decker - City Woman - 21 / Mark Decker - Hollow - 10 / Jana Deur - At 14 - 23 /  Jana Deur - Skyscraper - back cover / Amy Graeser - Flood - 24 / Timothy Horjus - Entry - 11 / Timothy Horjus - Untitled - 14 / Timothy Horjus - Untitled - 20 / Kendra Iburg - Untitled - 22 / Sven Johnson - Part I: 60 Forms of Torture: Starvation - 12 / Timothy Jones - Migration - 6 / Joanne …

Mirror, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1997), Trinity Christian College

Mirror

Editorial: Jane Timmer - 5

Art: Rachael Ball - Untitled - 7 / Rachael Ball - Backwards - 24 / Peter Clevering - Splitting; Headache - cover / Peter Clevering - Unspliced Life - 13 / Deb Cremer - Untitled - back cover / Jana Deur - Modern Misery - 8 / Timothy Horjus - Disruption - 11 / Timothy Horjus - The True Emotion of Love and the Pain It Inspires Justice - 12 / Timothy Jones - It Has Been Seen - 23 / Eric Lubbers - Untitled - 17 / Kari Niewenhuis - Untitled - 9 / …

Mirror, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring 1997), Trinity Christian College

Mirror

Editorial: salli baker - 5

Essays: carrie hoksbergen - "froggin" - 7,8 / julie terpstra - "cracker jack love" - 17 / anita tsang - "my other half" - 26,27 / jana van haften - "untitled" - 10, 11 /

Drama: douglas pruim & joshua austin "2 cups of mud" 22,23 Poetry: jonathan aguilar - "as the rose is my love for you" - 6 / haya al-rafati - "the human, the truth, & fear" - 20 / salli baker - "and i believe" - 25 / sara fitch - "untitled" - 24 / sven -  "untitled" - 12 / …

Mirror, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1996), Trinity Christian College

Mirror

Editorial: Salli Baker - 5

Essays: Jacob Hoffman - 22 / Kurt Schemper - 8 Poetry: Amy Coots - 6 / Jonathon Cruz Aguilar - 16 / Mark Decker - 18 / Curtis Draper - 7 / Sara Fitch - 19 / Jeremy Heyboer - 21 / Joshua Lenarz - 15 / Mark Scott - 10 / Sven - 17 / Danny Vander Dussen - 20 / Kell Verstrate - 23

Art: Rachael Ball - 17, 24 / Rich Boomker - 16 / Rebecca Diephouse - 11 / Jerry Eberhart - 1, 20 / Dawn Heideman - 14 / Charlette …

Mirror, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 1995), Trinity Christian College

Mirror

Editorial: Joanna King - 4

Poetry: Mark Decker - Untitled - 47 / Curtis Draper - Thermostat - 6 / Erwin vanFaassen - ed's membership - 46 / Whitney Gray - My Daughter, Bryanna - 24 / Steve Johnson - Untitled - 34 / Steve Johnson - Untitled - 43 / Timothy Paul Jones - Glimpses of Glory - 16 / Joanna King - Eyes - 31 / Doug Pruim - Table for Two - 13 / Doug Pruim - Untitled - 21 / Wendy Tuitman - Risks - 17

Essays: Diana M DeBoer - Mr. Jake Extra - 50 …

Mirror, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1995), Trinity Christian College

Mirror

Prose: Whitney Gray - A Rose is A Rose - 6 / Whitney Gray - Drive Through Town - 22 / Debbie Groenewold - Happily Ever After - 19 / Dustin Hoekstra - Smoking - 28 / Mike Kostelyk - A Thriftstore Named Ragstock - 14

Poetry: Paul Bootsma - Leave - 4 / Paul Bootsma - Sun - 13 / Paul Bootsma - House - 25 / Curtis Draper - Sapphire Tears - 16 /  Whitney Gray - Cynic's View of Life - 13 / Whitney Gray - The Making of Mary Magdalene - 30 / Joanna King - …