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Nave, Guy

Intersections Volume 2024 Number 60 Article 8 2024 2024 VHLE Conference: "Rooting Access" Panel Talking Points Guy Nave Luther College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/intersections  Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Religion Commons Augustana Digital Commons Citation Nave, Guy (2024) "2024 VHLE Conference: "Rooting Access" Panel Talking Points," Intersections: Vol. 2024: No. 60, Article 8. Available at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/intersections/vol2024/iss60/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Augustana Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Intersections by an authorized editor of Augustana Digital Commons. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@augustana.edu. 22     Intersections | Fall 2024• The Bible is considered authoritative within Christianity in general and Lutheranism in particular. The Reformation doctrine of sola Scriptura affirms that Scripture should be understood as the sole source of divine revelation, the only inspired, infallible, final, and authoritative norm of faith and practice. While this doctrine has been used to promote the idea that there is a singular, consistent biblical perspective, the Bible reveals that human understanding is flawed and must always be open to change and evolution. • The Bible is a mess. It is a collection of writings by dozens of authors and redactors spanning over 1000 years. You can find texts in the Bible that support virtually any perspective or position you can think of. Critics of the Bible often say it is useless because it is full of contradictions, and defenders of the Bible frequently deny its contradictions. Both critics and defenders are motivated by a belief that the Bible can only be meaningful if it presents a clear and consistent perspective that represents the unchanging will of God.• However, both Bible critics and Bible defenders fail to understand what the Bible actually represents. The Bible is meaningful not because it presents a singular perspective but instead because it presents an ongoing evolution of thinking, which is always messy and complicated. Many books in the Bible are conversing with each other, and there is much we can learn from that conversation. When we learn to read the Bible as an ongoing conversation, we witness an evolution of thinking regarding various topics and issues. For our brief time together today, I want to look at the continuing conversation and evolution of thought regarding the issue of “accessibility.”Guy Nave is a professor of religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In addition to being an author and public speaker, Nave is a blogger who frequently writes for Medium and Sojourners online. His research and scholarship lie at the intersection of religion, race, politics, and social justice. Much of his public scholarship can be found online at https://guy-nave.medium.com/ | guynave@luther.eduGUY NAVE2024 VHLE Conference: “Rooting Access” Panel Talking Points“What Can We Learn From an Evolving & Complicated Biblical Depiction of Access?”23Deuteronomy 23:1-3• Dating biblical texts is a challenging and, at times, contentious practice. There is rarely scholarly unanimity regarding the assigning of dates to biblical texts. The internal evidence of Deuteronomy indicates several stages of composition and editing. While the book of Deuteronomy refers to a much earlier time, most scholars date the stages of composition between the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Samaria (721 BCE) and the beginning of the Judean restoration (535 BCE). The text, therefore, spans an almost 200-year window. Let’s take a look at Deut 23:1-3.• The explicit exclusionary perspective of this text is undeniable. Christians and people who embrace this text as part of their sacred collection of writings cannot ignore or deny the hatred and bigotry contained in the text. Trying to do so or making excuses for the text is “inexcusable.” • The text comprises one of the many biblical texts that feminist biblical scholar Phyllis Trible calls “Texts of Terror.” The text proclaims a divine mandate to exclude people based on genital impairment, based on what was considered at that time to be improper [i.e., “illicit”] sexual unions, and based on ethnic identity. Descendants of such people were also excluded. While contemporary readers rightfully condemn this text, later biblical writers also condemned the text. • While it is uncertain if the book of Ruth was written as a direct challenge to the prohibition against Moabites found in the book of Deuteronomy (as well as the prohibitions against foreign wives presented in the book of Ezra), it is clear that Ruth presents a competing and conflicting depiction. The story of Ruth is about a Moabite woman who was the great-grandmother of David, one of Israel’s most famous kings. As the great-grandson of a Moabite woman, David falls within the “tenth generation” of descendants excluded from the Lord’s assembly by Deuteronomy. Ruth clearly presents an evolving understanding of “accessibility.” 24     Intersections | Fall 2024Isaiah 56:1-8 • Like Deuteronomy, the book of Isaiah also spans more than 200 years. Scholars often divide the book into three periods, referring to the first 39 chapters of Isaiah as “First Isaiah,” chapters 40-55 as “Second Isaiah,” and chapters 56-66 as “Third Isaiah.” • Third Isaiah presupposes an audience that has returned to the land of Judah after the exile. The people have intermarried with so-called “foreigners” and have raised families of mixed ethnicities while in captivity. In returning to their homeland of Judah, they also find new ethnic groups living in the land. The author of Third Isaiah challenges the xenophobia and ethnic purity exhibited in the book of Deuteronomy. • Most biblical scholars understand Isaiah 56:1-8 as a direct challenge to the teaching and instructions found in Deuteronomy 23. As with the book of Ruth, this passage presents an evolving understanding of “accessibility.” Acts 10 • The book of Acts presents a so-called “history” of the birth and development of the community of Jesus-followers, which will eventually become known as “the Church.” A vital component of that development is the expansion and evolution of the Jesus community from an exclusively Jewish community to a community of Jews and Gentiles (i.e., non-Jews). Within the traditional Jewish worldview at that time, there were essentially two types of people in the world: there were “the people of God” (i.e., “Jews”), and there was everyone else (i.e., “Gentiles”). Acts 10 is one of the many stories challenging this dichotomy. Once again, this passage presents an evolving understanding of “accessibility.” 25Matthew 15:21-28 • The last passage is from the gospel of Matthew. While the slide references the version of the story found in Mark’s Gospel, which most scholars believe to be older than Matthew’s version, I will be referencing Matthew’s version because I think the change the author of Matthew makes is significant. • As we consider this passage, I want to introduce the notion of “privilege” and how it hinders “access.” The author's decision to identify the woman in this story as a “Canaanite” is significant. There is a long history in the Bible of divinely sanctioned violence by Israelites against Canaanites. In the biblical story of Israel’s god giving the “Promised Land” to the Israelites, God is depicted as giving instruc-tions to the Israelites to enter into the homeland of other people, to take their land, and to destroy and kill every living being in the land. Canaanites are among the people to be killed (Deut 20:10-18). The “Promised Land” story reveals the way “Israelites thought of ethnic” others. It also illustrates how, throughout human history, people have used “God” to legitimate hatred and violence against other people by claiming such violence to be God’s will.• Fast-forward approximately 1200 years to the time of Jesus. By identifying this woman as a “Canaanite,” the author of Matthew invokes the memory of this violent historical past between Jews and Canaanites. In Mark’s version of the story, the woman is identified as “Syrophoenician.” Matthew’s change of the woman’s identity appears to be deliberate. • By the time of Jesus, people in this region were no longer called “Canaanites.” It would be like Americans today calling someone from New York a “New Amsterdamian.” While New York used to be New Amsterdam, it ceased being New Amsterdam hundreds of years ago. The author’s decision to identify the woman as a “Canaanite” not only emphasized her ethnic otherness but also challenged the author’s audience to reflect on a long history of ethnic hatred.• After Jesus initially ignores the woman, and the disciples urge him to “send her away” (even though she is a resident of the region and they are the ones who are visiting), Jesus tells the woman, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Jesus informs her that he was not sent to help her, her daughter, or her people. Jesus is not only denying the woman “access,” he is also denying “access” to an entire population of people. 26     Intersections | Fall 2024• After the woman continues to beg for his help, Jesus replies with a vulgar response that reveals his understanding of his ethnic “privilege.” He tells the woman, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” I don’t know how any reader—especially an African American or female reader—can read this story without being troubled. As an African-American man who has and continues to experience the pain and humiliation of racism, this particular passage of scripture has always been problematic for me. I am uncomfortable, therefore, with anyone who tries to defend or make theological excuses or legitimations for Jesus’ behavior.• While I find Jesus’ comparison of this woman, her daughter, and their people to dogs quite disturbing, I believe part of the message of this text is found amid this disturbance. Most biblical scholars believe that Matthew was written for a predominantly Jewish audience during a time when Gentiles were beginning to join the community of “Jesus-followers.” A story about the tenacity and faithfulness of a “Canaanite” woman would have not only highlighted the non-Jewish identity of these new members of the Jesus-following community, but it would have also caused the original audience of Matthew  to reflect upon long and deep-seated prejudices harbored against ethnic (and religious) others.• Matthew’s story highlights the realities of ethnic and biological “privilege” in order to challenge such privilege. The story reveals how easily people can be influenced by the prevailing sexist, racist, and ethnocentric views of their time and their culture. Even Jesus was influenced by such views. Jesus initially used his privilege to preserve an advantage for himself and his people while denying access to this woman and her people.• In considering access, it’s essential for us as ELCA institutions to recognize how we might unwittingly privilege Christianity above other religious traditions, thereby creating a unique advantage for Christians, resulting in various denials of access to people of different religious traditions. •   In Matthew’s version of this story, the author uses a Canaanite woman—a marginalized ethnic “other”—to challenge the ethnic privileging of the author’s time. The woman advocated for herself, her daughter, and her people, even though it meant confronting and challenging more than a thousand years of prejudice. •   While there is much more that needs to be said about the specifics of her challenge as well as Jesus’ response, I will conclude here simply by asserting that while Jesus still has a long way to go in this text, the challenge posed to Jesus by this “Canaanite” woman forced him to reflect upon his own cultural privilege and consider how he used that privilege to deny “access” to others. “In considering access, it’s essential for us as ELCA  institutions to recognize how we might unwittingly privilege Christianity above other religious traditions, thereby creating a unique advantage for Christians, resulting in various denials of access to people of different religious traditions.” “The story reveals how easily people can be influenced by the prevailing sexist, racist, and ethnocentric views of their time and their culture. Even Jesus was influenced by such views.”27What can we learn from these biblical passages?• The evolving biblical message regarding “access” offers a hopeful perspective on improving “educational access” on our campuses. The passages reveal how we and our institutions must be open to change. When talking about “access,” we often tend to talk about “student readiness” rather than “institutional readiness.” While we frequently complain about students not being “ready” for college and focus on how to help them become better prepared for college so they can succeed, we rarely focus on how we can better prepare our institutions to be “ready” for a diversity of students so that all students can succeed. The issue isn’t just about improving “student readiness.” We also have to improve “institutional readiness.” This shift in thinking and focus presents opportunities for positive evolution in our thinking about “educational access.” Vocation of Lutheran Higher Education ConferenceAugsburg University, Minneapolis, MinnesotaJuly 14-16, 2025  |  TOPIC: TBADATESAVE THE 

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In this paper, the author embarks on the task of re-imagining the seven sins of Christianity in the context of Alice Walker\u27s The Color Purple, specifically in relation to the character Shug Avery

Abrams, Bethany

Sinning as Empowerment: Reclaiming God as a Black, Queer Woman in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple

Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Academic Catalog: 2024-25

As disabled individuals are forced into the social other and an asexual narrative, dating apps provide an outlet for this demographic to engage in their sexuality in a format that is more easily accessible. In an age of rising technology, the destigmatization and usage of dating apps highlights the self-expressive potential of an underrepresented and misunderstood demographic. This issue is addressed through historical perspectives of “crip sex,” a comparison between the disabled dating experience and the able-bodied dating experience, and a description of the significance of a dating app designed for individuals with disabilities

Marrs, Sarah

Dating Apps as an Outlet to Promote Sexual Autonomy Among Disabled Individuals: An Intersectional Approach to Change

Windham-Hughes, Colleen

Intersections Volume 2024 Number 59 Article 9 2024 Team Culture is Key to Success: Learning from Student-Athletes Colleen Windham-Hughes California Lutheran University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/intersections  Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Religion Commons Augustana Digital Commons Citation Windham-Hughes, Colleen (2024) "Team Culture is Key to Success: Learning from Student-Athletes," Intersections: Vol. 2024: No. 59, Article 9. Available at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/intersections/vol2024/iss59/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Augustana Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Intersections by an authorized editor of Augustana Digital Commons. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@augustana.edu. 28     Intersections | Spring 2024“Everybody takes an interest in students here–whatever that student does.” With this one statement, Athletic Director Curtis Campbell (Roanoke College) has captured one of the values that makes liberal arts education work: staff, faculty, and administrators see students and support what they do. The tradition of Lutheran higher education develops students as whole persons, supporting their exploration of vocation or callings in many aspects of their lives and under-graduate careers. During one spectacular December weekend, the successes of student-athletes at Lutheran colleges were plain for all to see. In consecutive days California Lutheran University’s Women’s Soccer Team won the national cham-pionship and St. Olaf College’s Men’s Soccer Team won the national championship. One particularly spectacular weekend featured the success of three campuses in our Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities. Both of these historic wins took place at Kerr Field, on the campus of Roanoke College. The athletic accomplishments of three schools in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) were in the spotlight simultaneously, thanks to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III championship games. Salem, VA, home of Roanoke College, is commonly called “Championship City” by those involved in NCAA Division III (D3) sports. It is, by all reports, a beautiful place to be. Conference planners must think so, too, given that the Championship games held in December 2023 raised the number of championship games played there to 100 over the last thirty years. Curtis Campbell says D3 sports exemplify the love of the game, the true amateur version of sports. Even as laws evolve to protect and compensate players–especially those competing at quasi-professional levels–in D3 players compete out of love for the game. D3 supporters cheer on their teams in true community spirit. At this level (the level of most athletic teams at NECU schools), players do not Team Culture is Key to Success: Learning from Student-AthletesCOLLEEN WINDHAM-HUGHES29receive scholarships for athletics. Players are recruited as “student-athletes,” with much to gain as well as contribute to wider campus life. Coaches at D3 schools recruit for love of the game and community spirit as much as for competence in any given position. Coaches always want students who are excited about learning and thrive in the classroom as much as they thrive in competitive sports. This combination of academics and sports makes great scholar-athletes. Excellence On and Off the FieldFrank Marino and Justin Oliver, the coaches of Cal Lutheran’s Women’s Soccer Team and St. Olaf College’s Men’s Soccer Team, respectively, both spoke with pride about the successes of their players in academics as well as sports. Asked about what characterizes his players, Coach Oliver responded, “we have high achievers on and off the field. We only recruit people that can succeed academically, athletically and socially. We had a 3.52 GPA; 27/31 students had above a 3.0.” Cal Lutheran’s Women’s Soccer Team has a cumulative 3.6 GPA and a 90% persistence rate to 4-year graduation. This kind of success takes a village, which is why many teams have a faculty or staff advocate. Dr. Molly George serves in that capacity for the women’s team at Cal Lutheran. During the long weekends of championship play out of state (where several players saw snow for the first time!), players had to negotiate due dates and exam conditions with profes-sors. Dr. George enjoyed her role in facilitating alternative arrangements for players during their stay in Salem, VA. “As a faculty mentor, I found great satisfaction in devel-oping and facilitating strategies to enable our students to thrive academically while excelling at the highest level in Division III sports. The impressive GPA of the women’s soccer team and their historic National Championship victory underscore Coach Marino and the coaching staff’s emphasis on academics. Additionally, our faculty’s commit-ment to supporting students both on and off the field is evident once they are educated about how to best support these incredible student athletes’ ability to multitask.”Student-athletes have to learn effective time manage-ment, and it differs in peak season and off-season. Perhaps counter-intuitively, their time management is most effective during peak season, when they need to be mentally sharp in all situations and play time is contingent on satisfactory progress. Time management can be more challenging in the off season, when they have more time available. Without the press of daily practices and competitive play, it can be hard to prioritize tasks. Encouraging teammates to keep succeeding after winning a title is part of the team culture that has been built by Oles and Regals alike. According to Coach Oliver, “Winning is contagious and The road to success is never an easy path. Winning this championship took work, talent, some luck, but most importantly, a team of girls that became a family. Our small D3 team went from unranked to #1 in the Nation by taking the tournament game by game and being grateful for everything we earned. Our humility and determination allowed us to achieve so many goals we never could have imagined. However, the biggest asset to our team was believing in each other and translating off the field relationships onto the pitch. I have never been a part of a group so special and filled with love in all of my years playing soccer. Our love within our team also spread to our community at Cal Lu. The amount of support we received from other Cal Lu teams, faculty, and most importantly our parents gave us the strength to continuously push through this tournament. When I joined the Cal Lu Women’s soccer team I wasn’t joining just a winning program, but a team with an incredible sense of culture. This culture is what allowed us to become a Championship team. I will always dedicate our journey to the unbreakable bonds we created, and I will be eternally grateful to not only have a trophy but sisters for life.” Adri“30     Intersections | Spring 2024winning in the classroom translates to winning on the field and to winning in your relationships along the way.” Building Team Culture Coach Marino studied the connection between community and teamwork for his Master’s thesis. Marino says that rela-tionships and team culture are key to success. “Everything builds on previous years. Getting off-the-field community right–serving others, building authentic relationships, leading by example–all of that translates onto the field.” At Cal Lutheran, Coach Marino has led book groups for each year related to team culture and building relationships since 2017. Shawn Howie ‘78 has led a few of the community-building activities for Regals Soccer. From “speed-dating” to small group conversation, Howie created opportunities for the players to know each other as people, to learn about each other’s dreams and goals, and to develop respect for one another as a baseline for team culture. Through both carefully constructed practices on the field and team-building activi-ties off the field, players learn to prioritize collective success over individual achievement. This approach is true for all 31players, regardless of ability or play-time. Marino explains, “They do what’s best for the team, whether or not they’re contributing the way they want to be; they want what’s best for the team, not necessarily themselves.”Healthy team relationships make room for difficult conversations. The team-building process, which is extended, developed, and personalized through team captains, creates an environment where players can speak their mind and work together to solve problems, whether relational or individual. Howie explains, “There are mistakes in soccer all the time. And they can get in your mind.” Team culture can support players through physical injuries and mental distress. The Regals’ culture played a big role in helping the players persist through injuries and chal-lenging games when they came from behind to tie or win in dramatic circumstances, such as overtime play and penalty kicks. Howard Davis, Athletic Director at Cal Lutheran says, "This group of amazing women are so connected and committed to one another. They were a joy to watch all season. So many times, throughout their playoff run this team's connection and grit stood out and were what made them successful.” Team culture is a big part of the Oles’ success as well. Coach Oliver says, “Our success this year I think is the culmination of a lot of things. We had twelve seniors that had given everything to this program and are a huge reason we won. They are amazing soccer players and even better people. We had a team that had been through a lot of highs and lows together and that helped us this season especially. Last soccer season was a dream come true. Transferring from the University of San Diego to Cal Lutheran for my final year, I anticipated a fun season to cap off my soccer career. However, it became much more. Pre-season involved setting standards, sharing goals, and bonding as a team. A casual mention of winning a National Championship sparked a shift in our mindset. Each practice and game became about striving for a collective goal. Early morning workouts and late practices tested our limits and prepared us for challenges. Our resilience defined us; even when trailing, we rallied to tie or win games. Our success stemmed from our unity and belief in each other. Despite a setback in the SCIAC tournament, we remained steadfast, guided by faith. And it paid off. We shattered records and clinched the national title, a testament to our coaches, teammates, supporters, and faith in God’s plan.Eden“W inning the NCAA Division III National Championship wasn’t even a consideration last year when our season came to an abrupt end after a loss in our conference tournament. Yet, we went on to play a record-breaking season this year and end as #1 in the nation for Division III women’s soccer. When people ask me how we did it I always describe our team culture. We’re more than a team and I fully believe that it’s what made us champions. Our team was built on a foundation of trust, understanding, and friendship, which wasn’t developed overnight. Many hours were poured into team bonding in hopes of building authentic relationships amongst each other. Understanding and empathizing with each other’s diverse stories is what got us through the struggles of a long and overwhelming journey to success. Our appreciation and respect for one another is what got us through score deficits and feelings of lost hope. In the end, making a family out of a team is what allowed us to celebrate each tiny victory until we got to our final destination.Vale“32     Intersections | Spring 2024Relationships are key to successPositive self talk and group conversationHave fun–enjoy each momentAppreciate sunsetsLove each other, love the game,  be truly grateful to GodRemember our whyTake care of your bodyProtect your peaceProtect your mentalityLove, respect and care for  each otherLove our seniorsFocus on the controllables– energy, effortAppreciate the little things Focus on one good thingTreat each practice like you are warming up for a gameWatch films and prepare wellTake action–not just wordsBe unitedTeam needs vs individual needsAppreciate our tiny victoriesBe a coach and be coachableLet the negative goNot complaining and not  making excusesHigh level of communicationsListen and be open mindedWe also had a fantastic process that allowed us to go day by day and focus on being present together while working towards a national championship.” And every step of the way they shared their successes with their campus, and their campus community was there to support them. Student-Athletes in Liberal  Arts and Sciences Lutheran Higher Education centers the dignity of all persons and seeks to develop students as whole human beings. That said, the time demands of sports are sometimes seen to compete with studies and the financial expenses are sometimes called into question during difficult budget years. Asked about the connections between athletics and liberal arts and sciences education, Coach Marino and Coach Oliver had this to say. “So much of what they learn is relatable to life. Working together as a team gets them ready to work with others in the world. They have to manage time to be successful in sport and class. And there are life lessons of leadership, relationships, and working really hard for success.” Coach Marino went on to say that, “Enterprise and other companies hire student-athletes because they know those employees arrive with a team mindset.” Coach Oliver agrees: “Our culture is why we had the success we did, we are a product of our culture. We have a team of genuinely good guys, that are high achievers on and off the field that love to be held to and hold others to very high standards. When things get difficult instead of getting more individual-istic they lean on each other for help and support. They are great at picking each other up when they see someone is down, if someone is injured the next person steps up.” Tired and burned out from a tough season, the Regals gathered around a white board to reconnect with their WHY–to align their motivations and goals together. They have generously agreed to share their list with Intersections. We think it may help you and your team, too.Both St. Olaf and Cal Lutheran were awarded National Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.Structured game planCollectivityConsistency within gamesFull 90 minutesCreativityBe relentlessFocus togetherKeep the passion–enjoy  every momentBe positiveBe close knit familyListen and be open mindedBe creativeBe relentlessNo energy vampires

Team Culture is Key to Success: Learning from Student-Athletes

Campbell, Caitlin

places with bluethe battlefield of troy,paris slain andhector dead.andromache’s face whenshe hears the news.the ocean that helen sails overback to sparta,the ocean that iphigenia sleeps in,throat slashed,ear to ear.

places with blue

Terfruchte, Lainey

Augustana College Augustana Digital Commons Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award Prizewinners Spring 5-2024 blowing apart in the wind Lainey Terfruchte Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/vazquezvalarezo  Part of the Poetry Commons Augustana Digital Commons Citation Terfruchte, Lainey. "blowing apart in the wind" (2024). Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award. https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/vazquezvalarezo/21 This Creative Writing is brought to you for free and open access by the Prizewinners at Augustana Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award by an authorized administrator of Augustana Digital Commons. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@augustana.edu. Lainey Terfruchte 1blowing apart in the windafter Curtis LeMayI suppose if I had lost the war-I’d rather take stones than words,rather a bruise than another cut of “idealistic youth.”I wish my organizers hadn’t killedthemselves in another battle,so I’d have a path to follow.…I would have been tried as a war criminal.peace signs are a crucifix, a loving connectorto a history I was born of.my friends and I prefer to talk of homeworkthan those buried under rubble and boots.But…if you let that bother you-I send kisses to doves and beautiful people,wear patches that proclaim “work for peace.”if only I lived in washington or 1967.I am more familiar with english literaturethan military operations.…you’re not a good soldier.and I understand what my friend meanswhen he wishes for something to die for,because dying must be easier than giving up your life.the fight ended years before I was born,but when will the war be over?

blowing apart in the wind

Hubel, Anna-Maria

Panoramic View in front of and behind my façade: Perceptions of a Viennese palace

Golab, Lexi

Augustana College Augustana Digital Commons Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies Prizewinners Spring 2024 shades of memory Lexi Golab Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/geifmanprize shades of memoryLife is beautifulsays the pianistas his broken fingersand burned eyesstrain to remember the music.People are really good at heartsays the writeras her beaten down mindand beaten up bodytry in vain to hide her diary.Sweet dreamssays the boy in the striped pajamasas the ashy screamsswallow up his tiny frame,too young to understand falling asleep…Everything will be okaypromises the fresh widowarms spread open widein fear, welcomingthe thought of seeing her family again.

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