Category: Inspirational

Vanity Heights: An Uplink Article

Posted by: Josh Carson in Current Events, Inspirational on June 13th

Since the mid-1970s, there has been an increasingly present phenomenon in the world’s skyscrapers called “vanity height.” Basically, vanity height is the part of the building that exists only for looks. Whether it is for artistic display or breaking a height barrier, its sole purpose is appearance rather than function. Among those buildings in the… View Article

Apostolic Youth, Fasting, GYD, prayer, Uplink

It All Happened at a Church Camp

Posted by: Editors Choice in Inspirational on May 30th

“One more pair of heels—just in case!” As I scrambled about my room, tossing one skirt after another into my suitcase, my mind frantically raced in a last minute preparation. In less than ten minutes, I would be heading up to the ole’ campgrounds where I would spend yet another week of my summer at… View Article

Apostolic Campground, Church Camp, Michaela Bethel, Youth Camp

Clear the Stage: My Youth Camp Story

Posted by: Editors Choice in Inspirational on May 23rd

The long awaited return of youth camp is finally here. Every year, camp continues to exceed expectations. From the sleepless nights over seeing everyone to the hope of finally beating the counselors in basketball and baseball, I can never get enough of youth camp. The most important part of camp for me is being in… View Article

Clear the Stage, Jimmy Needham, Meshach McCann, Youth Camp

Music versus Song

Posted by: Olivia Dummer in Inspirational, Olivia Dummer on May 9th

This semester, I was assigned to write a fairly extensive research paper on early fourth and fifth century music. After a couple of brain explosions and mental breakdowns, I had a breakthrough when I discovered the writings of a philosopher we know as Boethius. Boethius was a philosopher, mathematician, musician, and a consultant for the… View Article

Boethius, Fundamentals of Music, Music, worship

When God Whispers

Posted by: Rachel Skirvin in Inspirational, Rachel Skirvin on April 11th

No matter what level of education you have, it’s easy to recognize the importance of punctuation. We recognize the weight of commas in sentences like “let’s eat, Grandma” versus this version with the omitted comma: “let’s eat Grandma.” One other punctuation mark I used quite frequently in my sentence structures as a child was that… View Article

devotion, Listening, Meditation, Peace, prayer, Stillness, Whisper