The Point: Fall 2018

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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Dear beloved individual, We jumped from playground piece to burning wood chips. The lava oozed everywhere. The crushed leaves were to be our favorite meal. Littlest Pet Shops fell into stories of human lives. Welcome to my childhood imagination. My mind as a child was also filled with the dream of traveling into space, of seeing the planets and stars, of becoming an astronaut. This was my envisioned identity. I had this massive book, dark as the night sky, that told me everything I ever wanted to know and more than I could ever possibly understand. While I am not a physics major on the path to becoming an astronaut, my love for stars has remained. I find it simply amazing that God calls each one out by name, as in Isaiah 40:26. The Creator of the heavens and the earth gave them their identity. And he gave us ours too. As Christians we know the foundation of our identity, but what about other elements of our identities? In “Coming Together in the 21st Century,” author Curtiss Paul DeYoung says identities are formed as a “social process,” including traits considered biological like ethnicity or gender. We interact with others and begin to define ourselves personally and emotionally. We find our identity in what we are and what we are not. While I cannot promise that you will find your identity, I hope you find a quote, a photo, a person who reminds you of your beautiful existence. We explore the idea of identity and the complexities attached with any one identity. Each story introduces a perspective, one out of the thousands there are just on this campus. Within these pages, I encourage you to let your idea of identity be challenged. Rebecca Mitchell What does identity mean to you? What aspects make up your identity? Tag @pointmagazine with your responses!
TABLE OF CONTENTS Pleasing to the Eye Beyond Black and White “I’m OK, I’m OK” “I survived” Out of Step The View From Where I Stand
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